Breaking Barriers at SOAAR 2025
The founder of Alcoholics Anonymous Bill W. spoke at the 1953 General Service Conference on variations in the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, commenting “The more we insist on strict conformity with these Steps...
Category: History – Modern
The post-millennium history of Alcoholics Anonymous.
My Home Group
By Murray J. This article is being written in support of my secular group. I call my AA home the Beyond Belief Suburban West Group in Mississauga Ontario. How did I get here? My...
The audio version of Twelve Steps for Agnostics
By Andy F. My name is Andy, and I am an alcoholic. I attended my first meeting in London on the 15th of May, 1984. I believe I was an alcoholic from my first...
The Real Objection to the Plain Language Bigga Booka
By Bobby Beach A small number of Facebook warriors continue their battle against the Plain Language Big Book. In many ways, they are (very much) like the folks bemoaning the old news that the...
How One Secular AA Group Got Started
By Jason W. When I attended my first AA meeting in 1987 in an attempt to lessen the consequences of my 2nd DUI I was shocked at all the “god stuff”. It was on...
The Mistakes That Are Killing Alcoholics Anonymous
By bob k. After a slow start, the Jack Alexander article in the March 1st, 1941 edition of the Saturday Evening Post made AA a national institution. The newish mutual aid society quadrupled in...
Sobriety is a Team Sport
By Tom Barnum My exposure to alcohol has been lifelong and extensive. Every adult in my life drank significant amounts of alcohol with two exceptions. My paternal grandfather did not for his own religious...
Daily Reflections – by bob k.
February 16 Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. —Arthur Ashe 1943-1993 The advice from the great tennis player and civil rights activist applies particularly well in the world...
Secular AA
By Vince Hawkins What is Secular AA? Who is it for? What use is it? Is it a threat to traditional AA? It’s an odd thing to review your own book, but thanks to...
Rigorous Honesty and Addiction Recovery (Part Two – Rigorous Honesty and the Steps)
By Richard Clark I approach addiction with the belief it is a mental illness, and the best recovery results require a psychological twelve steps incorporated within longer term therapy/counselling. Addiction is not a disease,...
Rigorous Honesty and Addiction Recovery (Part One – Dishonesty and Addiction)
By Richard Clark Years ago, I realized addicts and people in twelve-step and recovery groups are often puzzled about dishonesty (I know I was about my own). Honesty and dishonesty are flip sides of...
Daily Reflections
by bob k. January 11 The spirituality of imperfection begins with the recognition that trying to be perfect is the most tragic human mistake. The Spirituality of Imperfection, Kurtz & Ketcham, p. 5 The...
Daily Reflections and the Writing Process
By bob k. In school, I did well on writing assignments and exams that were of an essay-format. Later, I did some fantasizing about becoming a writer. In those long-gone days, every few weeks,...
The Plaina Language Bigga Booka
By Bobby Beach In case you are unfamiliar with the acronym, PLBB stands for Plain Language Big Book. The General Service Conference (GSC) approved the publication of a supplemental version of the book Alcoholics...
