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- The latest insights and stats from AA General Service Conference.
- New studies about worldview that explain our recovery culture a little bit better.
- COVID-19 life finds doors…
Aug 6 2020
May 5 2020
Knowing AA History: Spotlighting Barry L 
Many people had a hand in changing the course of Alcoholics Anonymous, and consequently, the entire peer-to-peer, mutual aid world. Some of these stories are lost or buried--not hidden from us, just so deep in archives that no one…
Jan 31 2020
February 2020 Aftermath: Bill W's Sober Second Thought
Once every year or so, we look at the state of atheists/agnostics (and/or other underrepresented populations) in AA and the broader recovery community. I just read something—something I missed in a first go-around…
Oct 5 2019
Recovery, Wellness, Lunchtime and Eco-Stewardship
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Do you suffer from something called, eco-anxiety?
Senior Editor at The Atlantic, James Hamblin defines this Century-21 contagion as the dread and helplessness that come with…
May 4 2019
Have your say at AA's annual USA/Canada Business Meeting
Rebellion Dogs Blog - May 2019
Have your say at the 69th
General Service Conference of AA
Are you an AA member; a member of a group that…
Mar 10 2019
Musings from San Francisco - March 2019 Rebellon Dogs Blog
The Program of Alcoholics Anonymous: Interpretive by Design
Just try to refute that membership in AA is based on individual interpretation of Tradition Three, “The only requirement for membership is a…
Feb 12 2019
The future of "Suit Up and Show Up" in AA culture
“Suit up and show up!” Who’s heard this Circa 1958 AAism? The picture above is from the first International Conference of Young People in AA, Niagara Falls New York, 1958. Is business-wear the best way to represent AA from…
Jul 7 2018
July 2018: Resentements Coffee Pots and new AA Meetings
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Our Summer Box 4-5-9: News and Notes from the General Service Office of A.A.[i] reports about 15,000 less AAs, year-over-year. Also, of us two million +/- members, we are spread between…
May 4 2018
Best Way to Predict the Future is to Create It
Rebellion Dogs Blog, May 2018
Why Now?
With over 90% support of voting members, the 68th General Service Conference (2018), for USA/Canada, adopted and approved the pamphlet “The ‘God’ Word; Agnostics and Atheists…
Feb 19 2018
From Genius Recovery "What’s the Future of the Word 'Alcoholic'?"
What’s the Future of the Word “Alcoholic”?
Written for (reprinted from) www.GeniusRecovery.com by Joe C. January 18, 2018 [Click links below for videos, blogs and Genius Recovery resources]
Here’s a couple…
Jan 12 2018
Think Think Think: Recovery & Conflict Resolution
Rebellion Dogs Blog, January 2018
Your Best Thinking got you where!?!? Freethought, 12-Step Rooms and Conflict Resolution
READ, VIEW OR DOWNLOAD AS A PDF CLICK HERE Online bullying led to the suicide of another youth. I was moved…
Nov 3 2017
After AA: Stories of people who graduate 12-Step rooms
Download or view PDF Many Paths and Many Myths about AA Graduates
This May, Steve K posted an essay by Lisa Martinovic on 12StepPhilosophy blog. Lisa shares wise words about “neuroplasticity … the phenomenon by which the brain changes…