BC Secular AA Roundup 2024 Conference Approved literature and other books from Washington

This recording is from the 2nd annual BC Secular AA Roundup in Langley British Columbia (Canada) July 13, 2024. This is the Washington State panel. 

• What does "conference-approved" literature mean (and what does it not mean)?
• What are the books that AA members, including irreligious members, read to aid recovery? 

Well, we don't cover it all, but we get some samples of experience, strength and hope from Washington: 

1. Peter A. from Mount Vernon explains the history of the AA Conference and how "conference approved" defined literature created by AA, collectively, and how General Service does not intend to approve of or disapprove of what members read on their own or in our AA groups. 
2. Bob J, Sandra J, Lori K and Janice K chime in with special books that aid AA recovery.

Other panels/workshops on this day include:

Dr. Ray B., “What I have learned and seen in Recovery Communities.” 

Joe C moderating a workshop on CHIME (Connection, Hope, Identity, Meaning, Empowerment), 

Shirley R of Nelson BC, NA, Al-Anon and AA member  

Emotional Sobriety

An update on the Vancouver International AA Convention 2025 and the International Conference of Secular AA in Orlando September 20-22, 2024. 

More info about AA and Secular AA for atheists, agnostics, freethinkers and everyone:

https://www.aasecular.org/ 

Referred to in this recording:
Writing the Big Book: The Creation of AA, William Schaberg
Beyond Belief: Agnostic Musings for 12 Step Life, by Joe CWe Are Not All Egomaniacs, Beth Aich
The Little Book: A Collection of Alternative 12 Steps, Roger C
A Woman's Way through the 12 Steps
366 Tao
Staying Sober Without God, Jeffery Munn
A Secular Recovery, Dale K

Secular AA is AA sobriety that is neither religious nor irreligious, focusing on the practical, humanist tools of Alcoholics Anonymous and borrowed from the wider recovery community. Secular AA is a growing subculture within AA, offering 100 agnostic/atheist/freethinkers AA meetings every day + regional events and the International Conference of Secular AA (ICSAA). More @ https://aasecular.org