Category: History – Modern

By Bradley A. Stop filtering advice and start listening When I first encountered Step Three – “Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over…” – I assumed it didn’t apply to...

By Mary M. I’m coming up on 40 years of sobriety in a few months. Every day of which I can never take for granted. I was broken in every conceivable way when I...

Recovery after survival By Bradley A. When I stopped drinking, I assumed the hardest part was over. It wasn’t. Sobriety did not automatically produce a meaningful life. In fact, it removed the anesthetic that...

The picture above is of John Mahaffy with his wife Dianne Piaskoski. A long time friend of mine, John Mahaffy, born on March 12th 1953, died at the age of 72 on January 22nd...

Steps Three Through Five in a Secular Life By Bradley A. When I first entered recovery, I thought that I understood Step 3 just fine. The traditional wording asks us to turn our will...

By Andy F “Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering” Carl Gustav Jung What is a mental illness? Before we tackle the question of whether or not alcoholism qualifies as a mental illness,...

A secular reflection on higher power, spirit, and recovery  By Bradley A. For most of my life, I believed I could solve any problem. I was a planner, an explainer, a rationalizer. If something...

My Sick and Twisted Alcoholic Mind By Josh P. “I Get By With a Little Help From My Friends” The Beatles, With A Little Help From My Friends I entered recovery over two years...

By Andy F. An eye-opening encounter Anyone who is familiar with my blogs will know that they are all about my experiences as an agnostic alcoholic in AA. Whenever I publish an article on...

By Darcy B. A practical framework for change Over time, I’ve simplified my understanding of recovery to two essentials: abstinence and change.  Abstinence is easy to define. It simply means not using. Change is less...

By Patrick L. Pellett In the language of anthropology, recovery is not an invention. It is a remembering. Long before there were Twelve Steps or meeting halls, human communities practiced a pattern that repeats...

By Darcy B. I attended a meeting yesterday and the topic was “honesty”.  I was given the opportunity to share, and I thought it would be good to put my thoughts on the topic...

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...

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...