ICSAA 2022 Panel of Secular AA Authors Round Table

The 5th biennial International Conference of Secular AA on Zoom 2022 featured this author's panel of secular AA writers. Six of AA's agnostic/atheist writers gathered for a round table and a little Q & A. 

Hear from Beth Aich, Bill W, Glenn Rader, Jeffery Munn, Marya Hornbacher and Vince Hawkins talking about: 

• their writing motivations, 
• their own journey in finding sobriety "without having to accept anyone else's beliefs nor having to deny their own,"
• fielding audience questions about avoiding pedestals and other's expectations, steps to how secular AA could stop being AA's best kept secret, what their experience was the preceding 12-step literature offerings, Do overs: what would they add to their book if they could. 

Some of the books discussed...
Twelve Secular Steps: An Addiction Recovery Guide, Bill W
Waiting: A Nonbeliever's Higher Power, Marya Hornbacher
Everyone's an Addict & An Atheists Unofficial Guide to AA, Vince Hawkins
We're Not All Egomaniacs, Beth Aich
Staying Sober Without God, Jeffery Munn
The Modern 12 Steps, Glenn Rader

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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