Do Tell! and One Big Tent – Two Books of Stories by AA Atheists
By Roger C. It all began four years ago. In September of 2014 an article was posted on AA Agnostica with the title A Grapevine Book for Atheists and Agnostics in AA. It was...
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2018 ICSAA Toronto Conference
By Thomas B. The third biennial conference of Secular AA (ICSAA 2018), with a theme of Inclusion and Diversity, will take place in Toronto, ON from August 24th through August 26th. The Conference will...
Everyone’s an Addict
By Vince Hawkins My latest book, Everyone’s an Addict, is many things. It might be seen as a good cop/bad cop approach to treating addiction in the sense that it is spiritual and comforting...
Can Mindfulness Meditation Prevent Relapse?
By Elizabeth Brico Published in The Fix on February 21, 2018 Mindfulness meditation teaches people how to accept suffering as a normal, cohesive experience, and then move on from it. Relapse has always been...
Design for Living
By Alex M. Author of Design for Living: Daily Meditations on the 12 Steps of A.A. for Atheists and Agnostics The first two paragraphs of “We Agnostics” say that being alcoholic I have an...
La nécessité de groupes AA laïques au Québec
Le recours à la croyance en une Puissance supérieure est-il la seule voie de rétablissement chez les Alcooliques Anonymes ? Par Guy F Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada Introduction Bonjour, mon nom est Guy F., je...
International Conference of Secular AA – Toronto
By Joe C. ICSAA History and Future The first gathering of secular AA members was in Santa Monica California from a Thursday to Saturday in November of 2014. Anyone of the 300 in attendance...
Addiction, Recovery, and Personal Character
By Bill White This article was published on February 16, 2018, in the William L. White Papers. The devastating effects of addiction on physical/emotional health and social functioning have been meticulously catalogued, but far...
The First Secular AA Meeting in Canada
By Michael D. Around 2 or 3 am the morning of my 37th birthday – January 20, 1979 – I was in a serious car accident. Like many other alcoholics, I had reached a...
Critique of Chapter 8 – To Wives
By Clara M. Intro Even Big Book Thumpers have a rough time with “To Wives.” In the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, chapter 8 may be the least-thumped, and most skipped, so my first...
Critique of Chapter 7 – Working with Others
AA’s Step Twelve: Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs. By Paul W....
A Report on the Survey – The 2020 International AA Convention
By Thomas B. Commencing on May 3rd and continuing through May 13th, AA Agnostica and AA Beyond Belief surveyed the Secular AA community in regards to the upcoming 85th AA International Convention to be...
Drop the Mask: The Freedom of Living an Authentic Life
Addiction is a mask. We wear the mask of alcoholism and/or addiction because we can’t – or simply don’t want to – deal with day-to-day existence. “We withdrew from society, from life itself.” (Bill...
Secular AA at the 2020 International AA Convention in Detroit
By John S. AA Beyond Belief Since 1945, the International AA Convention has been held every five years, and the next convention will be held in Detroit, Michigan from July 2nd through July 5th,...
