An Agnostic in AA
Fifty Chosen Articles: Number Thirty-Six. Originally posted in April 2017. The struggle with “traditional” AA. By Roger C I went to my first AA meeting when I was in rehab back in 2010. It...
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Beyond Belief Agnostics and Freethinkers
Fifty Chosen Articles: Number Thirty-Five. Originally posted in March 2017. In January of 2017 secular AA groups booted out by the Greater Toronto Area Intergroup were invited back in by the Intergroup. This candid...
Toronto Intergroup Yields to Agnostics in AA
Fifty Chosen Articles: Number Thirty-Four. Originally posted in February 2017. This website – AA Agnostica – was launched when two secular AA groups were booted out of the Greater Toronto Area Intergroup. It took...
A History of Special Interest Groups in AA
Fifty Chosen Articles: Number Thirty-Three. Originally posted in December 2016. “Special interest groups were controversial for many years in AA.” By Deirdre S. I’m Deirdre S., a cross-addicted alcoholic. To prepare to talk to...
How It Works
Fifty Chosen Articles: Number Thirty-Two. Today’s article consists of two modern versions of “How It Works”. The first was originally posted in August 2015 and the second was posted in September 2016. AA needs...
In Memory of Denis
Fifty Chosen Articles: Number Thirty-One. Originally posted in May 2016. Denis started the first agnostic AA meeting in the city of Vancouver. By Dan V. Today I write with a heavy heart and with...
The 2018 International Conference of Secular AA
Fifty Chosen Articles: Number Thirty. The last of the three international secular AA conferences. Originally posted in September 2018. The history and growth of Secular AA over the past decade. By Carolyn B. I...
The Secular AA 2016 Austin Convention
Fifty Chosen Articles: Number Twenty-Nine. The second of the three international secular AA conferences. Originally posted in November 2016. “Our secular movement has… given me a new life, a new group of people with...
The Impossible Becomes Possible
Fifty Chosen Articles: Number Twenty-Eight. The first of the three international secular AA conferences. Originally posted in December 2014. Consistent with its theme of Many Paths to Recovery the conference was stunningly rich and...
Modern 12 Step Recovery
Fifty Chosen Articles: Number Twenty-Seven. The last of seven consecutive book reviews. Originally posted in April 2021. A contemporary understanding of addiction and recovery. A Review by John B. Maybe you can’t teach an...
The Little Book – Second Edition
Fifty Chosen Articles: Number Twenty-Six. The sixth of seven consecutive book reviews. Originally posted in January 2021. There are many versions of the 12-Step program of recovery. In fact, there are as many versions...
An Academic Analysis of Do Tell!
Fifty Chosen Articles: Number Twenty-Five. The fifth of seven consecutive book reviews. Originally posted in August 2020. The recovery of the thirty authors (15 women and 15 men) in the book Do Tell! had...
Staying Sober Without God
Fifty Chosen Articles: Number Twenty-Four. The fourth of seven consecutive book reviews. Originally posted in June 2019. “Atheists and agnostics deserve just as much of a chance at recovery as believers do.” Review by...
Key Players in AA History
Fifty Chosen Articles: Number Twenty-Three. The third of seven consecutive book reviews. Originally posted in February 2015. “The profiles crafted by bob k are… presented in an engaging manner accessible to all those interested...
