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...
Author: Roger
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...
Remembering Bob K.
Bob K. died on August 12th. He had been my friend for many, many years. He was also a recovered alcoholic who had quit drinking 34 years ago, on October 28th, 1991. He was...
An Agnostic’s AA Journey
By Mikey B. I thought that having to go to AA was a bad thing; it turned out to be the best thing to happen in my life. It was an important turning point....
The Little Book
By Roger C. The very first book I published was The Little Book: A Collection of Alternative 12 Steps. It was published in 2012, some thirteen years ago. And a second edition was published...
Being Proud in Sobriety and Recovery
By MJ Gottlieb CEO/co-Founder of Loosid Introduction: Owning Our Journeys For many, the idea of sobriety starts quietly. We enter the rooms of recovery unsure of ourselves, cloaked in secrecy and fear of judgment....
Reclaiming Fulfillment: Strategies for Building Life During Recovery
By Ryan R. Recovery is not just about avoiding the old patterns. It is about building a life that feels worth staying for. When someone chooses to step into recovery, they are choosing to...
The Big Book of AA – Annotated Commentary Edition
Line-by-Line Reflections on the 1955 Edition Basic Text. For Believers, Non Believers, and Everyone in Between By Jude Barnes, “I Needed the Big Book — But I Couldn’t Pretend to Believe”: A New Guide...
