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....
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...
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...
By John M. If a story is in you, it has to come out. William Faulkner What is addiction, really? It is a sign, a signal, a symptom of distress. It is a language...
By Ryan R. When addiction loosens its grip and the process of recovery begins, the journey to wellness doesn’t stop at abstaining from substances—it evolves into a complete reimagining of one’s health and habits....
By Joe C. “The Language of the Heart.” This is our theme in Vancouver for this iteration of the International Convention of Alcoholics Anonymous, July 3rd to 6th, 2025. As this article is posted,...
By: Nina C. – Hamilton We Agnostics Zoom’s impact on Secular AA has been significant, one of the few benefits of the lockdown during Covid. On March 17, 2020, a state of emergency was...
By bob k. Before There Was AA The founder of the Oxford Group – a Christian evangelical movement that gave birth to AA – Frank Nathaniel Daniel Buchman began his life in the small...
By Dennis Kutzen Like most of us on this forum, I started my journey in traditional AA and then came to secular for the absence of a higher power and stuck around for the openness. ...
By Richard Clark Since 1939 we have been living with the twisted, religious idea that recovery has three principal components: staying sober, finding some version of ‘God’ which includes any watered-down declaration of higher...
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...
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...
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...
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...
