William James and AA
By bob k For better or worse, whether real or imagined, drug-induced, or brought about by the most desperate need, Bill Wilson’s spiritual experience at Towns Hospital is perhaps the foundation point of Alcoholics...
AA Agnostica Blog
Still No Pamphlet for Agnostics in AA
By Roger C. After requests that span some forty years, there is still no pamphlet for agnostics and atheists in AA. Not one. Nothing even close. The recently published pamphlet, Many Paths to Spirituality,...
The Many Paths To Spirituality Pamphlet
This agnostic alcoholic hoped the new pamphlet would help attract those without a traditional God to the program, but was sorely disappointed Reviewed by Chris G. My name is Chris, and I’m an agnostic...
Sophrosune: A Higher Power for Freethinkers
By John L. Introducing Sophrosune [So-fro-SU-nay], a goddess of Ancient Greece, who personifies virtues germane to us in recovery. She is the spirit of moderation, self-control, temperance, restraint, and discretion. Sophrosune was one of...
Secular Alcoholics Anonymous: Nonreligious Treatment for Nonreligious People
By Dorothy H. I got sober on Sunday, March 27, 2011. I woke up with a hangover and no excuses for my behavior. I saw my alcoholism for the first time and it was...
AA Agnostica and the Varieties of AA Experience
“AA Agnostica’s efforts to forge a secularized framework of recovery within AA thus has historic import.” By Ernie Kurtz and William White On June 15, 2014, AA Agnostica marked its third anniversary. As historians...
The Alternative 12 Steps – Second Edition
We are pleased to announce that AA Agnostica has published a Second Edition of the book The Alternative 12 Steps: A Secular Guide to Recovery. As valuable today as it was then, the new...
Two Things that Only Take Two: Tango and an AA Meeting
By Deirdre S. “Any two or three alcoholics gathered together for sobriety may call themselves an A.A. group, provided that, as a group, they have no other affiliation.” Tradition 3 (long form). Find the...
SMART Recovery
By Jim Braastad Smart Recovery Distance Training Coordinator A couple of years ago, I had the opportunity to represent SMART Recovery® in a panel discussion “Alternative Recovery Models” at the Hazelden Graduate School of...
Buddhism and the 12 Steps
By Roger C. There would appear to be much in common between Buddhist thought and the 12 Step recovery program practised by some in AA. A number of books have made the connection between...
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...
The Road to Santa Monica
By Dorothy H. Voices The voices have come from near and far. There were the voices in Hermosa Beach, near Los Angeles, where attendees at a newly founded We Agnostics meeting greeted the news...
Slaying The Dragon
Reviewed by bob k Those among us having a fondness for history are accustomed to being transported to the past, and Mr. White does this deliciously in the second edition of Slaying the Dragon: The History...
Recovery Capital
Nourishing and Toxic Attitudes in Recovery By Allen Berger, Ph.D. © 2014 Recovery capital is a relatively new concept in the field of recovery. Our recovery capital is determined by the number of external...
