AA Agnostica

Bob K. died on August 12th. He had been my friend for many, many years. He was also a recovered alcoholic who had quit drinking 34 years ago, on October 28th, 1991. He was...

By Mikey B. I thought that having to go to AA was a bad thing; it turned out to be the best thing to happen in my life. It was an important turning point....

By Roger C. The very first book I published was The Little Book: A Collection of Alternative 12 Steps. It was published in 2012, some thirteen years ago. And a second edition was published...

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...