Is Alcoholics Anonymous a Religion?
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) was established in 1935 by Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith, American…
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The Night of the Farting Dog: An Atheist in Freefall
Mark Salzman’s latest work tells the story of an optimistic, but highly anxious, seeker whose sense of enthusiasm and adventure dried up when the chaotic monotony of domestic life intervened with a vengeance.
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We Were Powerless: Addiction, the Will, and the Evangelical Roots of the Twelve Steps
For 200 years religion, medical science, and psychology have been involved in an intricate, shifting alliance in response to addiction. With recent studies calling core principles of AA into question—like the admission of powerlessness, for example—is AA still the best we’ve got for addressing addiction, or would a different theological model work better?
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