Is the Growth of Secular AA happening for the reasons you or I think it is?

For decades, Recovery Month (from alcohol and other drugs) has been celebrated in the USA and Canada.[i] 

Every day of the week, 10 to…

“More human(ist) than human(ist)”

With sincerity, I am very excited to report on this year's World Humanist Congress. But first, let's deal with the “more humanist than humanist” thing. We will get to the serious and fascinating matter at hand…

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 Accommodation: A humanist perspective…

Changing our thinking: consider stopping our thinking about disability (or inaccessibility as a whole) as the mental or physical barriers an individual presents with. Instead, what are the environmental and cultural factors…

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Borrowed wisdom:

“Who makes these changes? I shoot an arrow right. It lands left. I ride after a deer and…

When someone we love is in trouble, we are in trouble. 

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Today, we explore the blast radius of each case of addiction—the proximal suffering resulting from loving or being around someone with addiction. This picture…

Previously posted April 8, article LinkedIn Secular AA 

In our last blog, “Knives Out,” movie characters were used as an artist's conception of pluralism. We used a Whodunit drama to act out the type of scene we can see in…

Hey, have you heard this one? 

"An atheist cop and a priest walk into a crime scene together..." 

In the first of a two-part series, we look at balancing compromise, or love and tolerance of others as our code, as…

“When bits of information or data are contextualized, we have knowledge. Knowledge helps us to appreciate what we know and to acknowledge that there is much we don’t; together these are the beginnings of understanding. Wisdom grows and understanding births…

Zeitgeist captures the shared ideas, beliefs, and spirit of an era. Certain things are coming together. The year 2025 turns to 2026, and what are our ideas and beliefs in the third decade of Century 21?

In December, I bought…

“Recovered alcoholics often say, ‘Just not drinking is not enough.’ Just not drinking is a negative, sterile thing. That is clearly demonstrated by our experience. To stay stopped, we’ve found we need to put in place of our drinking a…

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“The times, they are a-changing.” Thank you, Bob Dylan. 

What is changing about what Americans believe? Once, 96-98% of Americans identified as Christian adherents. Gallup and…

Rebellion Dogs Publishing is stoked to welcome guest blogger Caren J from Chicago- how exciting!!!!

Swaying in the wind 400 feet above the city in the Orlando Eye— a Ferris wheel ride with giant air-conditioned capsules made mostly of clear…

The latest: A reading of Chapter 7 of 30 Things, “NEVER Say ”You Shouldn't Feel That Way!" on Emotional Sobriety Podcast with Dr. Allen Berger, Thom Rutledge and Patrick Newman Joe C, join's the #EmotionalSobriety team, click the orange link…

We are talking about AA's organizational structure and changes - WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT BIG BOOK LANGUAGE?

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On November 1, 2024, we will see the Plain Language Big Book (Alcoholics Anonymous) on our…

Sober Enough: Just Show Up for Life, That’s Your Job

A kind and wise teacher in my life could see I was anxiously managing my perfectionism. I was embarrassed that, as is the human experience, I am still learning life.…