Ten Years Old!
Fifty Chosen Articles: Number Fifty. Originally posted in June 2021. Some of the history of the website. The Growth of Secular AA By Roger C. Early History AA Agnostica was launched a decade ago!
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Defining Recovery in AA in the 21st Century
Fifty Chosen Articles: Number Forty-Five. Originally posted in January 2021. “I conclude that the definition of recovery is unique to the individual. I believe recovery to be an individualized path of self discovery.”
A Rewrite of Chapter 4 of the Big Book
Fifty Chosen Articles: Number Forty-Four. Originally posted in September 2020. A Secular Sobriety: Including a secular version of the first 164 pages of the Big Book. Here is a modern version of the fourth...
Religion Free AA – Is It Possible?
Fifty Chosen Articles: Number Forty-Three. Originally posted in August 2020. “AA was born as a religious entity.” By John B My answer to the question is no, and the purpose of this essay is...
What is AA?
Fifty Chosen Articles: Number Forty. Originally posted in March 2019. AA is a fellowship of people who help each other stay sober and live a better life. By Roger C. Let’s go simple with...
Religious or Non-Religious Recovery?
Caitlin Halligan is working on a Ph.D. at Western Michigan University and is conducting research on substance use recovery and Alcoholics Anonymous. The research involves a survey which focuses on religious and nonreligious experiences...
AA and the Lord’s Prayer
Fifty Chosen Articles: Number Thirty-Nine. Originally posted in February 2019. AA needs to grow up – as if it were now the 21st century and not 1935. It needs to discard the Lord’s Prayer.
The Wave of Religiosity
Fifty Chosen Articles: Number Thirty-Eight. Originally posted in October 2018. Poland is considered to be a religious, Catholic country. Nevertheless, the nonreligious movement in AA is growing. By Witek D. A few years ago,...
An Agnostic in AA
Fifty Chosen Articles: Number Thirty-Six. Originally posted in April 2017. The struggle with “traditional” AA. By Roger C I went to my first AA meeting when I was in rehab back in 2010. It...
Beyond Belief Agnostics and Freethinkers
Fifty Chosen Articles: Number Thirty-Five. Originally posted in March 2017. In January of 2017 secular AA groups booted out by the Greater Toronto Area Intergroup were invited back in by the Intergroup. This candid...
Toronto Intergroup Yields to Agnostics in AA
Fifty Chosen Articles: Number Thirty-Four. Originally posted in February 2017. This website – AA Agnostica – was launched when two secular AA groups were booted out of the Greater Toronto Area Intergroup. It took...
A History of Special Interest Groups in AA
Fifty Chosen Articles: Number Thirty-Three. Originally posted in December 2016. “Special interest groups were controversial for many years in AA.” By Deirdre S. I’m Deirdre S., a cross-addicted alcoholic. To prepare to talk to...
In Memory of Denis
Fifty Chosen Articles: Number Thirty-One. Originally posted in May 2016. Denis started the first agnostic AA meeting in the city of Vancouver. By Dan V. Today I write with a heavy heart and with...
The 2018 International Conference of Secular AA
Fifty Chosen Articles: Number Thirty. The last of the three international secular AA conferences. Originally posted in September 2018. The history and growth of Secular AA over the past decade. By Carolyn B. I...
