Atheists and Agnostics Step Into The Light in AA
“The continuing use of the Lord’s Prayer in a group that tries to tell people it is ‘spiritual not religious’ is why words like ‘hypocrisy’ were invented.” By Dillon Murphy Published on October 16,...
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AA Officially Recognizes Atheist and Agnostic Membership in This Month’s Grapevine
In the words of Bill W, “an alcoholic is a member if he says so… we can’t force our beliefs or practices upon him.” By Dorri Olds Published on October 11, 2016 in The...
God on Every Page
The first issue of the AA Grapevine was published in June of 1944. This year, in October, for the first time ever an issue was devoted to the stories of atheists and agnostic members...
May You Join Us Soon… in Austin!
By Nick H. Host Committee Chairperson The 2016 We Agnostics, Atheists and Freethinkers – International AA Convention (WAAFT-IAAC) is happening very soon on the weekend of November 11 – 13 in Austin, Texas. The...
Open-Minded
by life-j. Copyright © AA Grapevine (October, 2016) I got sober, initially on my own, on February 20, 1988. But I realized after a couple of months that it would only be a matter...
An Updated “How It Works”
This updated version of “How it Works” – originally published as chapter five of Alcoholics Anonymous in 1939 – was created by Hilary J and the Sober Agnostics group and is read at the...
Atheists in AA – How it Works
Roger C gave a talk in Kansas City on Saturday, August 6, 2016 – two agnostic AA groups were celebrating their anniversaries – and what follows is a mildly edited version of Roger’s talk...
The Last Post
In military tradition, the Last Post is the bugle call that signifies the end of the day’s activities. By Roger C. This will be the last post on AA Agnostica. It’s an appropriate day...
Choosing an AA Home Group
By Martine R. If I have indeed “come to believe” anything in my 14 years of sobriety, it is that attendance at AA meetings keeps me sober. Nothing else. For several excruciating years after...
Life on Life’s Terms
Chapter 30: Do Tell! Stories by Atheists and Agnostics in AA Frank M. I stood there on my front lawn in handcuffs, to this day I’m not sure why. I had swallowed about a...
One Bite at a Time
By JHG Recovering alcoholics are famous for theatrical displays that amount to pole-vaulting over mouse droppings. It’s an entertaining but otherwise pointless spectacle. While staying sober can require tremendous amounts of courage and commitment,...
Bill Wilson, Always A Seeker
Our book is meant to be suggestive only. We realize we know only a little. Big Book, page 164 Research has already come up with significant and helpful findings. And research will do far...
Take What You Need and Leave the Rest
Chapter 29: Do Tell! Stories by Atheists and Agnostics in AA Chuck K. I sobered up in the Care Unit at St. Elizabeth Hospital on Chicago’s northwest side in June, 1982. Members of AA...
William James, the 12 Steps, and Neuroplasticity
By Peter T. When William Griffith Wilson died on January 24, 1971, he’d been sober 36 years. By then AA’s co-founder, known to generations of grateful anonymous drunks as Bill W., was widely believed...
