Is AA a Religion?
By Andy F. The stigma of religiosity Over the years, the question of whether AA is a religious organization has always been controversial and contentious. To many lay people who are not members, it...
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AA’s Tyranny of (Other People’s) Experience
By Kurt R. Suppose someone close to you passes away and you’re sad. A few days later you hear their voice, plain as day. You look around but the room is empty. You henceforth...
Websites and the Growth of Secular AA
This article by Bob K was originally published on June 6, 2021. Sadly Bob died on August 12th of this year. by bob k On May 31, 2011, Alcoholics Anonymous was dramatically altered, both...
Fellowship not Faith
By Mick S. In September of 2024 I had an article printed here entitled AA Then and Now which told the story of my Australian experiences in AA starting with my introduction to AA...
I No Longer Rebel – Not Even Against God
Hi, everyone! My name is Sándor, and I am an alcoholic from Pécs, Hungary, Europe. The last time I drank alcohol was on November 2, 2009. So it will soon be 16 years. I...
A Woman’s Way Through The Twelve Steps
There is now a new edition of this book published on January 23, 2024. Of course it is available on Amazon. A picture of the new edition is attached. This article was originally published...
The Responsibility Declaration
This was the very first article written by me and published on AA Agnostica! It was published when I first launched AA Agnostica 14 years ago, on July 3rd, 2011. Please consider writing an...
Is God Fact or Fiction?
I originally published this article on March 31, 2023. I have edited it a little bit. I hope you like it and I look forward to comments about this article… Oh, and by the...
Secular Ontario Alcoholics Anonymous Roundup (SOAAR) 2025
By Michel D. Chair, 2025 This year’s Secular Ontario Alcoholics Anonymous Roundup (SOAAR) in Ottawa was the fourth biennial event in a series that began in Toronto, followed by Hamilton and Kingston. The event...
How I Earned My Seat
By Eddie Cohen It was the best of times that inevitably would become the worst of times. By now, the Hippie movement of tuning in, turning on and dropping out was pretty much behind...
Agnostic 12 Steps
By Andy F. A meeting in a rehab Every Friday, at 11 am, I would make the journey with a couple of buddies to a nearby drug and alcohol rehab. As a 12-step facility,...
An Alcohol-free Margarita with 12 Secular Steps
By Alcohol-Free Margarita, The following are my own versions of the 12 Steps. I consciously wrote my Steps in the present tense because my disease is chronic and needs daily treatment and my Steps...
ICAA ‘25: Celebrating Secular Sobriety
By Rady A. I registered in February for the quinquennial International Convention of AA held in Vancouver, British Columbia in July. Three omens bode well for atheists and agnostics in AA: Secular AA was...
The Alternative 12 Steps
By Roger C. This is a truly remarkable book. The first edition of The Alternative 12 Steps – A Secular Guide to Recovery was originally published almost 35 years ago, in 1991. And, to...
Who Gets to be Spiritual?
Is It Time to Expand Our Definition? Why limiting spirituality to religion leaves out millions of people having profound experiences. By John Aher A few years ago, my friend Sarah—a self-described atheist and data...
