AA Atheists | Atheists, Agnostics, Skeptics & Freethinkers in Alcoholics Anonymous
You don't have to believe in God to work the AA program, all you have to believe is that there is some power greater than yourself. It doesn't say what that has to be. Some people can't get past that. If you can't then I would agree that AA will not work for you. There are several other types of recovery programs that are secular in this forum:
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I know there are several atheists that are members here that are in AA. Hopefully they will see your thread and respond. I would suggest looking around the site as you might find an alternative to AA that works for you. I just wanted to let you know that AA works for some atheists.