Secular AA's Podcast
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Secular AA's Podcast
2025 SOAAR Ottawa Canada "What Does It Mean To Be Secular in AA?"
On September 27th, 2025, from the Lord Elgin Hotel in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, the 2025 version of the Secular Ontario Alcoholics Anonymous Roundup featured a day of panels, speakers, discussions, food, and fellowship. Some of us wouldn't have come to AA if there weren't a secular group to go to - it's vulnerable enough to face our alcohol use issues, secular AA was the only way we felt safe salvaging and honouring our worldview while we faced a drinking problem. Other members didn't find secular AA until they were sober and in the closet for many years. Every journey differs. Hear three panellists followed by some Q&A.
Margarita A, Phoenix, USA
Andy M, Ottawa, Canada
Links of Interest:
Read An Alcohol-Free Margarita's 12-step interpretation.
Find or contact the Beyond Belief Secular Group of Ottawa
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