Relevant Quotes for Secular AA
Our book is meant to be suggestive only. We realize we know only a little. Alcoholics Anonymous, Page 164, 1939 The spiritual life is by no means a Christian monopoly… Consider the eight-part program...
Category: The 12 Traditions
The 12 Traditions serve as guidelines for the unorganized organisation of AA.
Tradition Two: A Flaw in AA Service Structure?
Tradition Two: For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority — a loving God as He many express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants. by Thomas B....
The Trouble with Tradition Three
By Svukic The following is the long form of Tradition Three as quoted in my copies of Alcoholics Anonymous (the volume that is reverentially and affectionately referred to as “The Big Book” by orthodox...
Making a case for atheist/agnostic groups in AA
By JHG The idea that atheists and agnostics have the right to take part in the AA experience and fellowship does not involve either a subtle or complicated mental juggling act. The third tradition explicitly...
Six Shades of Nonbelievers
By Joe C. The nonbeliever world is a hexagon shaped world, according to a University of Tennessee finding. Christopher Silver and Thomas Coleman III derived their six types of nonbelievers based on an analysis of interviews across the...
Christmas, Christians, Lepers, and Alcoholics (Revisited)
By bob k This is a terrific time of year, but not for all of us. Alcoholism is an illness of loneliness and of loss, and these already powerful emotions are easily intensified by...
Atheists, Traditions and Concepts
By Edward S., Jupiter, Florida Recently, while doing some fellowshipping with local AAs, a friend expressed her belief that atheists should not be allowed to start their own atheist-oriented groups (and therefore should not...
The Historical Role of Intergroups in AA
By Linda R. A fellowship without rules and regulations Bill Wilson, AA’s co-founder, wrote this in the July 1946 Grapevine: So long as there is the slightest interest in sobriety, the most unmoral, the...
The “Don’t Tell” Policy in AA
By Roger C. There often seems to be an unofficial policy in Alcoholics Anonymous especially for nonbelievers at AA meetings: “Don’t Tell.” It is a policy imposed by just a few but rarely challenged. If you are an...
Christmas, Christians, Lepers and Alcoholics
By bob k All AA members, both Christians and non-Christians, so easily joined together during the recent holidays in shared sentiments of kindness, selflessness and the love of our fellow man. Above all is...
