The Buddhist philosophy, as exemplified by (its) eight points, could be literally adopted by AA as a substitute for or in addition to the Twelve Steps. Generosity, universal love and welfare of others rather...
By Renee W. Originally published on Camino Recovery Early in recovery, it may be hard to think of yourself as completely sober and actually enjoying life. You may go to 12 step meetings and...
By Cassidy Webb Originally published on New Directions If you are new to this whole sobriety thing and are struggling with the idea of never drinking or drugging again – that’s okay! Coming from...
Originally posted on I Am Sober Being drunk is great. There are all those late nights and early hangovers; egregious texts to friends and former lovers; citations and fees for various acts of indecency;...
By Steve T. At my first AA meeting, in Sydney, Australia, I cringed at the word “God” in the banners and clichés hanging on the walls. What if some of my smart alec university...
By Roger C AA Agnostica is now nine years old! It’s fireworks time! Three Million Viewers Launched in June of 2011, the website defines itself as “a space for agnostics, atheist and freethinkers in...
AA needs to move beyond the canon of the Old Book, published in 1939. Will it? This is an article originally posted five years ago on AA Agnostica. It is the introduction to the...
By John B Can a drunk expect happiness to emerge from recovery? My answer would have been a resounding YES as I floated out of a 12 step oriented treatment episode on a pink...
If we aren’t talking about the way the system works, and who gets crushed by the system, we aren’t actually talking about recovery. By Olivia Pennelle Published on December 23, 2019 on The Fix...
A Screenplay by Robert F. Beach The scene opens on a living room. The furnishings are clearly of high quality but from another era. The date is May 12 1935 and it’s Mother’s Day....
By Jeffrey Munn The author of Staying Sober Without God So, you’ve decided you don’t really believe in a “god” per se, but you’d like to choose one of our sleek, modern Higher Powers™...
By bob k There are some parallels existing between the LGBTQ+ and the secular communities in Alcoholics Anonymous. Both are outliers in a sense, or in multiple senses perhaps. Many in the traditional recovery...
By David Bohl The stoic philosophers predated the Serenity Prayer by hundreds of years with what has been adapted in English as the IDEA method. This is a method that employs wisdom and decision-making...
By Lena R This poem is dedicated to everyone who has been chastised for their atheism/agnosticism through thinly-veiled crosstalk. I hope it makes you smile! A Poem About My Higher Power If you want...
By Jeanine Bassett A few years ago, I perused the literature table at a local AA conference (HOWL in Hood River, Oregon). Noting the daily meditation books, many of which I’d been reading for...
