Ottawa Area Intergroup
The National Capital Region's online resource for Alcoholics Anonymous, including meeting listings, help, service, events, and local contact information.
Resources
Secular AA links and reading
A growing resource hub for secular AA meetings, organizations, literature, events, technology, and books. Links should be reviewed periodically before launch and after major site updates.
New to secular AA?
Start with the FAQ.
Answers to common questions about belief, prayer, meetings, and why this site uses verifiable AA meeting sources.
Secular steps
Example secular Twelve Step language
See draft step wording and discussion prompts that can be replaced by the exact version used by local groups.
View step examplesLocal AA and service
Local AA service resources for Ottawa, Eastern Ontario, and Western Quebec.
Secular AA organizations and hubs
Starting points for secular AA, agnostic AA, atheist AA, freethinker groups, conferences, service, and shared resources.
Secular AA / ICSAA
International secular AA hub with meetings, events, literature links, recordings, and conference information.
Secular AA on LinkedIn
Secular AA updates and posts on LinkedIn, useful for following public announcements, events, and shared resources.
AA Agnostica
Large archive of secular AA essays, books, meeting resources, history, and alternative step material.
AA Beyond Belief stories archive
Recovered AA Beyond Belief stories, articles, book reviews, history, and secular recovery materials from the former AA Beyond Belief site.
WAAFT Central
We Agnostics, Atheists and Freethinkers service network supporting secular members inside AA.
Atheists, Agnostics and All Others
Group resource page with secular AA documents, literature, and links.
AA Toronto Agnostics
Ontario-based secular AA meeting and resource site with links across Toronto, Hamilton, Ottawa, and beyond.
San Francisco & Bay Area Freethinkers
Long-running secular AA community site with meeting and literature resources.
Stony Brook Freethinkers
Secular AA literature and alternative step resources collected by a freethinkers group.
Secular step and group materials
Practical reading and group resources for secular step work, meeting readings, and discussion.
AA Agnostica literature
Curated secular AA literature page with step books, history, stories, guides, and other recovery reading.
The Little Book: A Collection of Alternative 12 Steps
Free AA Agnostica PDF collecting alternative Twelve Step wording for secular and humanist recovery discussions.
AA Agnostica alternative steps collection
A compact collection of alternative Twelve Step versions that groups can compare when discussing secular language.
Meeting lists and finders
Useful places to find secular, agnostic, atheist, freethinker, and online AA meetings.
Worldwide Secular Meetings
Worldwide list of secular AA meetings, including online meetings.
Online Intergroup of Alcoholics Anonymous
Online AA meeting finder. Use filters and search terms such as secular, agnostic, atheist, or freethinker.
Meeting Guide by Alcoholics Anonymous
Official AA meeting app. Many local listings include community filters such as secular where available.
Secular AA meetings
Meeting resources maintained by Secular AA / ICSAA.
AA Toronto Agnostics online meetings
Online secular AA meeting links and related secular AA resources.
Official AA literature useful to secular members
Conference-approved or AA-published material that can help show there is room in AA for believers and non-believers alike.
The “God” Word: Agnostic and Atheist Members in A.A.
AA pamphlet P-86 with experience from agnostic and atheist members.
Many Paths to Spirituality
AA pamphlet P-84 with member experience showing that AA has room for many spiritual paths, including agnostic and atheist members.
Living Sober
Practical AA booklet focused on living sober one day at a time.
One Big Tent: Atheist and Agnostic AA Members Share Their Experience, Strength and Hope
AA Grapevine collection of personal stories from atheist and agnostic AA members, useful for newcomers wondering whether non-believers can belong in AA.
AA literature catalogue
AAWS catalogue including pamphlets and books relevant to agnostic and atheist members.
AA Grapevine
AA’s international journal, publisher of member stories including One Big Tent.
Events, recordings, and talks
Places to look for secular AA conferences, speaker events, recordings, and regional roundups.
Secular AA events
ICSAA and Secular AA page for conferences, global speakers, regional events, and recordings.
Secular AA recordings
Archive of ICSAA speakers and workshops, with talks and practical secular recovery material.
ICSAA Phoenix 2026
Current listing for the International Conference of Secular AA in Phoenix, November 13-15, 2026.
BC Secular AA Roundup article
AA Agnostica article about a British Columbia secular AA roundup and regional event history.
Books
Books for secular recovery and AA history
Secular step books, practical recovery writing, and history. Official AA and AA Grapevine literature is grouped above.
Secular steps
The Alternative 12 Steps: A Secular Guide to Recovery
Martha Cleveland and Arlys G. · 2014
A widely used secular interpretation of the Twelve Steps that keeps the action and accountability of step work while replacing theistic language.
Staying Sober Without God: The Practical 12 Steps to Long-Term Recovery from Alcoholism and Addictions
Jeffrey Munn · 2019 / 2023
A plainspoken secular recovery guide built around practical action, self-honesty, emotional growth, and long-term maintenance, with workbook material available separately.
Twelve Secular Steps: An Addiction Recovery Guide
Dr. Bill W. (PhD) · 2018
A step-work guide that reframes the Twelve Steps in secular language for people who want recovery tools without relying on supernatural belief.
We're Not All Egomaniacs: Adapting the Twelve Steps for Alcoholics with Low Self-Esteem
Beth Aich · 2021
A practical reworking of the Twelve Steps for people whose drinking was shaped more by shame, fear, or low self-worth than by grandiosity.
The Little Book: A Collection of Alternative 12 Steps, Second Edition
Roger C. and AA Agnostica contributors · 2021
A free AA Agnostica collection of alternative Twelve Step wordings, helpful for groups comparing secular language and newcomers looking for wording that fits.
Practice
Beyond Belief: Agnostic Musings for 12 Step Life
Joe C. · 2013
Daily readings for agnostics, atheists, freethinkers, and anyone who wants Twelve Step reflection without having to translate religious language.
Daily Reflections for Modern Twelve Step Recovery: A Contemporary Recovery Companion
Bob K. · 2025
Short contemporary reflections for people using Twelve Step recovery today, with language that is direct, modern, and accessible.
Modern 12 Step Recovery: Alcoholics Anonymous for the 21st Century
Glenn Rader · 2021
A contemporary guide to Twelve Step recovery that emphasizes lived experience, practical change, and language that can work for modern readers.
History
A History of Agnostics in AA: The Early Fight for Secular AA
Roger C. · 2017
A focused history of agnostic AA members and groups, including the conflicts, service questions, and persistence that helped secular AA survive.
Not God: A History of Alcoholics Anonymous
Ernest Kurtz · 1991
A major scholarly history of AA's origins, ideas, culture, and early development, often cited by people studying how the fellowship took shape.
Writing the Big Book: The Creation of A.A.
William H. Schaberg · 2019
A detailed account of how Alcoholics Anonymous' foundational text was written, edited, funded, argued over, and published.
Carl Jung and Alcoholics Anonymous
Ian McCabe · 2018
A historical and psychological look at Carl Jung's influence on early AA ideas, especially spiritual experience, transformation, and recovery.