K. Horney

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotions_Anonymous
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The conception of Neurotics Anonymous began with Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill W. After achieving sobriety Bill continued to suffer from neurosis, specifically depression. In letters to other AA members he wrote about his personal experience with neurosis, its prevalence in AA, and how he and others learned to cope with it. Bill expressed that as he learned to let go of his dependence on people and situations for emotional security and replaced that dependence with "showing outgoing love as best as he could," his depression began to subside.^[4] In correspondence with another AA member about neurosis and psychoanalyst Karen Horney (author of Neurosis and Human Growth),^[5] Bill suggested how a Neurotics Anonymous fellowship might work.
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Grover placed an ad in a Washington, D.C. newspaper about Neurotics Anonymous (NAIL), and organized the first meeting from those who responded to it.^[6] NAIL grew modestly until a story was written about it in Parade magazine.^[9] The Associated Press and United Press International republished the story, and NAIL groups began forming internationally.^[6]
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