Secular AA's Podcast

This is an awesome recording; we are hyping the content - not the sound quality. This is a meeting recorded on ZOOM so some who share are crystal clear, others are a little funky - but the content is great from evereyone. And it's a long one, just less than two hours. This is all about the book We Are Not All Egomaniacs: Adapting the 12 Steps for Alcoholics with Low Self-Esteem . If you'...

the 5th Biennial Conference of Secular AA (2022 on ZOOM) includes this Dopamine and the 12 Steps presentation about addiction and recovery with Dr. Bill W. Bill is author of The  Secular 12 Steps: An Addiction Recovery Guide offers an scientific  look at AA's Twelve Step Movement and program. Both addiction and recovery are considered, with the neurotransmitter dopamine in mind. More on #ICSA...

One Vic and two John's, New York, Paris and Washington DC in the house at the 5th biennial International Conference of Secular AA, stir and stimulate a wide-ranging discussion about being atheist, being in Alcoholics Anonymous, being in secular AA; "Should I stay or should I go Now?!?!" Secular Zoom meeting referred to in this discussion and many more:   https://bit.ly/secularmeetin...

This first Sunday of the month world tour of secular story time comes to us "on the air" live from Cincinnati. Join:  Will-I-Am,  Lou K,  Margareta A  Andrew B and others of Beyond Belief Cincinnati Agnostics & All Others. Along for the ride, long-time listeners, first time callers of the Zoom world-tour attendees of newbies and regulars. At the time of recording it was one week afte...

Started as an online meeting during COVID-19, Paris AAF meeting, while started to serve the secular minded AA community of Paris France, has also become a Zoom-tourist stop and frequently attended by early-rising North Americans. Hear from John C and Etienne about secular AA in their home town. Note: The panel, hosted by Marsha F of Toronto was three speakers. The second speaker wished not to be r...

A New Frontier? From founders to today's people in recovery, "many paths" includes getting stuck and finding help to 'un-stuck' ones recovery. BriJet and Michelle, host a panel of people who share their lived experience followed by open sharing at the 5th biennial International Conference of Secular AA. Listen to members talking about their experience with recovery and eme...

Cooperation within AA, and beyond, makes room for members of other mutual-aid, peer-to-peer organizations which at ICSAA - a community of freethinkers - are not/is not, an outside issue. How many people with addiction have a problematic relationship with one process or substance, and champion moderation in every other mood/mind/comfort-altering activity or consumable? Yes, many of us have earned a...

La cinquième biennale ICSAA - Conférence Internationale des Alcooliques Anonymes laïcs était en ligne. Initialement réservé à Washington DC, des problèmes de santé ont incité les membres du comité à se réunir sur Zoom cette année. Auparavant, nous sommes allés à Santa Monica (2014), Austin (2016) et Toronto (2018). Notre première tentative de rencontre à Washington remonte à 2020 et, comme le save...

The fifth biennial ICSAA - International Conference of secular Alcohlics Anonymous was online. Originally booked for Washington DC, health concerns prompted committee members to meet on Zoom this year. Previously, we have been to Santa Monica (2014), Austin (2016) and Toronto (2018). Our first attempt to meet in Washington was 2020 and as all members of peer to peer support groups for people with...

"The Doctor's Opinion"  was penned in 1939 by Dr. William Silkworth who detoxed people with alcohol use disorder in 1930's New York City, including several sufferers who would become AA pioneers. What was Silkworth's opinion? What did he think - beyond medical intervention - would positively impact outcome rates for people the inebriates whom he helped? "In terms of &...

From the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, director Dr George Koob returns for a keynote address with the International Conference of Secular AA, October 29, 2022. #SecularAA members heard the latest NIAAA strategy that includes: Direct study that focuses more on long-term recovery Advancing diversity, equity and inclusion in alcohol use disorder care Efforts to close the Treatme...

Monthly, the International Conference of Secular AA (ICSAA), visits home groups from around the world to bring “secular story time” on the first Sunday of each month. Visit; https://secularaa.buzzsprout.com/ for recordings of groups and communities all over North America, Europe, South Africa, Australia and Hong Kong.    This episode is from a Virgina meeting, going for decades which is now a hybr...

In the heart of early pandemic early opening, two Jersey City members long for a secular AA option without having to commute to Manhattan, so they did something about. Friday Night AA Happy Hour held its first meeting in Jersey City NJ April 1, 2022. Hear from the locals; Jersey City hosts our International Conference of Secular AA "First Sunday of the Month secular AA world tour meeting&quot...

Diggins kicked it off, Long Island's (big) Mike followed and Jeff Y, past delegate from Cleveland rounded off the panel of long-time AA talks. Like most of the 2015 80th anniversary of AA in Atlanta Georgia, We Agnostics was packed, over the 1,500 capacity with standing room only along the walls and all seats full.  The 2020 AA World Convention in Detroit was cancelled due to COVID (not an ou...

The first Sunday of each month features the International Conference of Secular AA story time world tour. August 2022 we hear from Mark, Elise and David of Toronto's Queen Street West secular Tuesday afternooner. This meeting, started in 2019 was originally housed at CAMH (Centre of Addiction and Mental Health) @ the Queen Street West and Ossington Ave campus (currently on Zoom only, Tuesdays...

The international gathering of agnostic and atheist AA members started in Santa Monica in 2014 (November), it went to Austin in 2016, Toronto in 2018 and was scheduled for Washington DC for 2020 until COVID. So things are changing - we have done a number of secular AA Zoom conferences and at the time of posting this, we look forward to our virtual secular AA (International Conference of Secular Al...

For atheists, freethinkers, humanists etc., who are looking for relatable written versions of recovery a la Alcoholics Anonymous, reviews have varied widely through AA history. Seven million copies of Living Sober are in circulation, AA's 1975 offering of the practical experiences of hundreds of thousands of accounts and AA anecdotes from AA's first forty years is appreciated by many. AA...

międzynarodowa konferencja świeckich Anonimowych Alkoholików z wielką radością spotkała się z polskimi ateistami i agnostykami 12 czerwca 2022 Spotkanie to zostało zorganizowane przez Bernadettę oraz polskich Ateistów i Agnostyków w AA. Dziękuję Michalina za tłumaczenie oraz Bogdan, Michał , Anna za rozmowę. The International Conference of Secular Alcoholics Anonymous is so pleased to to have Athe...

Debra B moderates a panel on "finding our muse in recovery; can I be creative and sober?" Sri P, Kathleen F and Meagan P - who celebrates 13 years sober in AA - share what it was like, what happened and what it's like now. To visit our meeting live, check the meeting link below. We gather on Zoom the first Sunday of each month, generally UTC -5 (11 AM Pacific, 2 PM East, 7 PM Irelan...

The first Sunday of each month features the International Conference of Secular AA story time world tour. Every month, different home groups and AA communities from around the world take turns hosting an AA speaker meeting. This lets us get to know our fellow AAs and their journeys, worldwide.  Hosted by Kingston's Beyond Belief Friday nooner, we hear about and hear from the Broader Path grou...

Two speakers who will be part of the in-person 4th Biennial International Conference of Secular AA (ICSAA)  - Washington DC, scheduled for October 28-30, 2022 - give us a sneak preview from their 2020 "Addiction, Mental Health and Recovery in thee time of Zoom and social distancing" presentation. See what they got right about COVID life for people with substance/alcohol use disorder. See...

We hear from Ginny, Diane, Amber Brianna and friends - some from Kansas City We Agnostics meeting and others Zooming in. If there is a theme, this month it's where the healthcare profession meets secular AA and peer-to-peer support more broadly. We have people talking about the role of of treatment and medical intervention, and we have a healthcare professional who confronted her own alcohol...

Beth H from Arizona, (pen-name Beth Aich) tells her story with inspired We Are Not All Egomaniacs: Adopting the Twelve Steps for Alcoholics with Low Self-Esteem . Not everyone share's the Bill W narrative of Type-A self-centered person with a drinking problem who needs ego-deflation at depth to find and keep sobriety. Beth finds that when faced with distress some of us are fighters. But some...

On the first Sunday of every month ICSAA (International Conference of Secular AA) Zooms around the globe to bring secular AA storytelling from a different local around the globe. February 6, 2022 we have Georgia on our mind with southern hospitality from Megan, Christopher, Mary and friends. You need to hear it to believe it to understand life for freethinkers in the AA South. For more audio anywh...

Transpersonal-psychologist  John Welwood, coined the term,  “spiritual bypassing,”  He defined spiritual bypassing as using “spiritual ideas and practices to sidestep personal, emotional ‘unfinished business,’ to shore up a shaky sense of self, or to belittle basic needs, feelings, and developmental tasks.” This presentation is moderated by John R from the Freethinkers Living Sober group in Cotton...