Critique of Chapter 8 – To Wives
By Clara M. Intro Even Big Book Thumpers have a rough time with “To Wives.” In the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, chapter 8 may be the least-thumped, and most skipped, so my first...
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Critique of Chapter 7 – Working with Others
AA’s Step Twelve: Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs. By Paul W....
A Report on the Survey – The 2020 International AA Convention
By Thomas B. Commencing on May 3rd and continuing through May 13th, AA Agnostica and AA Beyond Belief surveyed the Secular AA community in regards to the upcoming 85th AA International Convention to be...
Secular AA at the 2020 International AA Convention in Detroit
By John S. AA Beyond Belief Since 1945, the International AA Convention has been held every five years, and the next convention will be held in Detroit, Michigan from July 2nd through July 5th,...
Blowing the Gate Away
By Tom L. The gates restricting access into AA are being essentially blown away with explosions in recent years of secular literature, meetings, websites and conferences. Detonations in North America and beyond make this...
Critique of Chapter 6 – Into Action (Steps 5 – 11)
“If something is true, no amount of wishful thinking will change it.” (Richard Dawkins) Conversely, “If something is false, no amount of wishful thinking will change it.” By Paul W. Introduction Chapter 5 of...
AA struggles to stay relevant as secular programs gain momentum
By Eliza Radeka Originally published on December 21, 2017 in the Boulder Weekly On Wednesday nights, the basement of Boulder’s Pine Street Church fills to capacity for the Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) open meeting. Facilitators...
Survey Results – Literature for We Agnostics?
By Roger C Introduction Should it re-publish “The ‘God” Word” (it has the permission of AA in Britain) here in North America? Should it develop its own pamphlet for and by non-theists in AA?...
Conference Question – Literature for We Agnostics?
The Delegate for Southern California Area 05, Thomas B, is interested in your thoughts on the subject of “conference approved” literature for agnostics and atheists in AA. Both the re-publication of “The ‘God’ Word’...
Critique of Chapter 5 of the Big Book – Step 4
An unexamined life is not worth living. Plato’s Apology Part Two: Step Four (Pages 64 – 71) By Paul W. Prelude As life-J so aptly points out in his November 23, 2017 article, Standing...
Critique of Chapter 5 of the Big Book – How It Works
To reason effectively, we must have a feeling for the truth. Sam Harris, The Moral Landscape Part One: How It Works and Steps One through Three (Pages 58 – 63) By Paul W. Prelude...
Why Critique the Big Book?
By Paul W. To begin, let’s define “critique.” It is a critical examination or discussion; an examination of the merits or faults of a literary work. In my critiques of the Big Book, I...
The Secular Wing of AA
By Bill White Originally published on March 2, 2018 on the William White Papers AA is so decentralized that in a very real sense, there really is no such single entity as “Alcoholics Anonymous”...
Parallel Universes: The Story of Rebirth
A Review by Thomas B. According to Forbes Magazine, some 85 books are published in the US every hour. That’s hundreds of thousands of new titles each year — 744,600 to be precise, plus...
