This is the final post for the website AA Beyond Belief. We started this site over five years ago at the urging of Roger C. from AA Agnostica, and it has without a doubt been the single greatest honor of my time in Alcoholics Anonymous. I'm grateful to Roger for his help and friendship over the past five years.  ..read more

One of my graduate students says, “Please don’t ever set that assignment again.” I am surprised at the anger that my assignment has roused. The course was ‘Stress Management’ - aiming to give self-analysis, coping skills and particularly to acquaint and align students with stress models and encourage them to construct new stress models ..read more

Happy New Year, friends. These last five years at AA Beyond Belief have gone by so fast, it's been like a dream. I never imagined that I would ever have such an experience, but it's been an incredible ride and I am honored to have been given this opportunity to be of service ..read more

2020 was in many ways challenging, but it pales in comparison to 2006 and the early part of 2007. In 2006, I was trapped in an increasingly destructive cycle of self-sabotage and increasing psychological dependence on alcohol, combined with acute anxiety, chronic depression ..read more

In this episode, we meet Jenne M. and Jim D, both secular members of Overeaters Anonymous. We talk about their struggles with food, the difficulty they encountered as atheists in OA, their experiences with starting secular OA groups, and their new website secularovereaters.org.  ..read more

Secular members of Alcoholics Anonymous will be gathering via Zoom on Sunday, January 3rd, and on the first Sunday of every month thereafter for a secular AA speaker meeting. The first meeting will be hosted by Secular AA | ICSAA, and future meetings will be hosted by a new group or city every month ..read more

A poem by Colette M. You can learn more about Colette on episode 202 of the AA Beyond Belief podcast ..read more

Colette's date of sobriety is December 23, 2006, and on the date of this posting, she is celebrating fourteen years sober. In this episode, she shares her journey as a person in recovery from anorexia, depression, and alcoholism. Her's is an inspiring story and she does a great job describing her early struggles as well as the joy she has found in being sober.  ..read more

Marty B. is a recovering alcoholic and a retired airline pilot. He got sober in AA and after his first year of sobriety, another pilot introduced him to Birds of a Feather, a worldwide network of AA meetings established for airline pilots and cockpit crewmembers. In this episode, Marty describes the unique needs of pilots in recovery and how Birds of a Feather offers a helping hand.  The post Episode 201: Birds of a Feather first appeared on AA Beyond Belief ..read more

The “Atheists Recover Too” group was formed to provide additional identification for addicts who are uncomfortable with or can't identify with, the religious terminology in the NA and AA programs. The focus of any NA meeting, including a specialized group, is on recovery from addiction, and any alcoholic/addict is welcome to attend. The post New Secular NA Meeting "Atheists Recover Too" first appeared on AA Beyond Belief ..read more