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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