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!
Tagged: Alcoholics Anonymous
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.
Women’s Meetings
Fifty Chosen Articles: Number Sixteen. Originally posted in December 2015. “The first women’s meeting I attended threw me sideways… I shared a little of my own journey. Failure at motherhood, at partnering, at relationships,...
Marty Mann and the Early Women of AA
Fifty Chosen Articles: Number Eight. Originally posted in April 2013. Dr. Bob (the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous) threw up his hands and said, “We have NEVER had a woman and will NOT work on...
Jim Burwell
Fifty Chosen Articles: Number Five. Originally posted in April 2012. Early History. Traditional AA is god-obsessed. But without Jim Burwell, the Big Book and traditional AA would be much more religious. By Linda R....
Ten Years Old!
The Growth of Secular AA By Roger C. Early History AA Agnostica was launched a decade ago! The website was created by me and another person on June 15, 2011. It was initially called...
AA Is Becoming More Accessible. Is It More Inclusive?
by David W This past year AA Area 83, where my home group resides elected to add an accessibility chair to its service structure. In several areas, accessibility has traditionally been lumped in with...
If Not A God – What Exactly Can We Offer?
by Brendan F. I joined AA in 1993 after 6 sessions with an excellent counsellor. The sessions were arranged by my employer after I admitted to having a drink problem. The counsellor suggested I...
Peeling the Onion: Shedding Theism In Sobriety
By Amy B The Hero’s Journey… ? In traditional AA, there’s a classic story, a hero’s journey if you will, about how you progress in sobriety. You come into AA, iffy about the existence...
I Lost My Faith and Happily So
Chapter 3 Do Tell! Stories by Atheists and Agnostics in AA By John S It’s hard to believe, but it was twenty-six years ago when I attended my first AA meeting, and fortunately I’ve...
How Dare You – An Open Letter to AA Trustees
This is an edited version of the “Open Letter” which was sent to the AA Trustees on August 3, 2020.[1] By Paul W Introduction Alcoholics Anonymous has lost sight of its purpose, of its...
Alcoholics Anonymous vs. Other Approaches: The Evidence Is Now In
An updated review shows it performs better than some other common treatments and is less expensive. By Austin Frakt and Aaron E. Carroll Published on March 11, 2020 in The New York Times For...
Reshaping the AA Culture
AA needs to move beyond the canon of the Old Book, published in 1939. Will it? This is an article originally posted five years ago on AA Agnostica. It is the introduction to the...
The AA Canon
We have to live today by what truth we can get today, and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood. William James* By Dean W When I was a much younger man I served...
