🎬 Videos(6)
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Ideas Out Loud: The False Gospel of Alcoholics Anonymous / New York Ideas 2015
AtlanticLIVE
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7 Great Alternatives to 12-Step Programs
Kevin Cox
Overcome your addiction don't label yourself an addict for life. You are not powerless. Addiction Science Is Advancing, AA isn't
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RfRx 11/21/21 - Darwin Does Dewars and Dope: An Evolutionary View of Substance Abuse w/ Dr Andy Thomson, MD
Recovering from Religion
Substance and alcohol abuse is so prevalent around the world that very few people have not succumbed to its temptation or know someone who has. There is substantial evidence that we and our ancient relatives used substances as antimicrobials and antiparasitic agents
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RfRx - Secular Addiction Recovery with Brian Fleming
Recovering from Religion
Recovery programs are primarily faith-based, but there are secular options.
📄 Articles(9)
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Undoing the mind f**K after leaving Alcoholics Anonymous- Cult or Cure?
BlogTalkRadio
A 1 hour show exploring how and why AA "think" gets in ones head, how to undo it and how long will that take? Each person will be different. There is no one size fits all. Join host Monica Richardson to tear up
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The 13th Step
Monica Richardson
The 13th Step is a critical exposé of Alcoholics Anonymous. When an AA member killed a mother & child in Honolulu, a five-year investigation ensued. We discovered courts order violent/sexual offenders to AA meetings, unknown to the public.
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Is Religion an Addiction?
HubPages
The psychology and physiology of religion compel a comparison with drug use. Symptoms of the God addiction are alarmingly familiar.
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Active Military + Veteran Drug Alcohol Rehab [New Approach] | JourneyPure Veterans Drug Rehab Center
JourneyPure
A New Approach Treating Military Trauma & Addiction
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Secular AA Online Meetings & Events | Secular Members of Alcoholics Anonymous
Secular Members of Alcoholics Anonymous
A calendar to help you find an online secular AA gathering, which may include online secular AA meetings, secular AA conferences and conventions, panel [...]
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Rebellion Dogs Publishing
Rebellion Dogs Publishing
Home to Rebellion Dogs Radio, Beyond Belief: Agnostic Musings for 12 Step Life and a community for freethinkers in recovery.
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LGBTQ: A Guide From Addiction To Recovery - Bedrock
Bedrock
Here, you'll find a guide for finding LGBQ-friendly treatment and navigating life in addiction recovery.
📚 Books(1)
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Powerless No Longer: Reprogramming Your Addictive Behavior
Peter W. Soderman
"We are not powerless over our addictions. Studies show that 75% of all addicts recover on their own"
🎙️ Podcasts(1)
🏢 Organizations(6)
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SMART Recovery
Self Help Addiction Recovery Program | Alternative to AA. Self-Management And Recovery Training is a global community of people & families working together to overcome the suffering caused by addiction and thrive.
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Secular Organizations for Sobriety
a nonprofit network of autonomous, non-professional local groups, dedicated solely to helping individuals achieve and maintain sobriety/abstinence from alcohol and drug addiction, food addiction and more
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LifeRing Secular Recovery
abstinence-based, secular, and self-empowering addiction recovery meeting and support network
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Women for Sobriety
helping women discover a happy New Life in recovery from Substance Use Disorders
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Addiction Resource
Find addiction treatment centers in your state. Contact centers directly or contract through AR. Note: RfR is not recommending or reviewing any of these treatment centers. Please review AR's selection criteria, talk to the centers, and do your own research. Choosing an addiction treatment center may be your most important choice ever.
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AA Agnostica
While the website will remain online and accessible to all, there will not be any new articles. AA Agnostica is meant to be a helping hand for the alcoholic who reaches out to Alcoholics Anonymous for help and finds that she or he is disturbed by the religious content of many AA meetings. AA Agnostica is not affiliated with any group in AA or any other organization. Contributors to the AA Agnostica website are all members of Alcoholics Anonymous, unless otherwise indicated. The views they express are neither their groups' nor those of AA, but solely their own.
📁 Other Resources(5)
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Leaving AA Facebook Group
Leaving AA has 1,160 members. A Community for people who have left Alcoholics Anonymous /Narcotics Anonymous ( or any 12 step group) or want help leaving it.
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Behavioral Health Treatment Services Locator
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
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Sober Faction
The Satanic Temple
The Satanic Temple Sober Faction provides peer support recovery for addiction free from the pseudoscience and superstitious dogma entrenched in most mainstream programs.