Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and resources for agnostics, atheists, freethinkers, and anyone seeking a secular path in Ottawa and beyond.
Tradition Three
“The only requirement for AA membership is a desire to stop drinking.”
Belief is not a condition for belonging. Our meetings welcome anyone seeking sobriety, including people who are atheist, agnostic, questioning, religious, or unsure.
Tradition Five
“Each group has but one primary purpose: to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers.”
Secular meetings help carry the AA message to alcoholics who may connect more easily with language that feels more neutral to them, in a format that does not presume any particular belief.
Glad you are here
We provide a welcoming space for people who find recovery resonates more deeply when religious language is set aside.
At our meetings, you do not have to believe anything you do not want to believe. You do not have to talk about anything you do not want to talk about. We are simply glad you are there.
We share a common bond with all AA members, but not a common belief system. Our primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics to achieve sobriety.
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