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03/16/2026

A mornings rambling on Emotional Sobriety Podcast with Allen Berger & Patrick

Relapse aftermath, nutshells, maturity of thought and consciousness

Thom’s Nutshell:Rigorous honesty begins at home.Joe C. joins us to discuss the ways relapse is experienced by the loved ones of the relapser, and how we can ...

03/14/2026

New from William Schaberg
A new 10-minute vignette about 30. Things: Practical Advice for Living Well

https://youtu.be/oc0FGIvKxkg?si=AGiHPaiQOmBnx5iu


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This is the continuing 30 Things Vignettes with Rebellion Dogs Publishing and William H. Schaberg, author of 30 Things: Practical Advice for Living Well. The...

03/11/2026

Thursday, Who has been waiting for this book launch? 🐕 we have!!!!! Author Jowita Bydlowska Author

Come to Type Books Junction

03/11/2026

🇨🇦 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗮’𝘀 𝗟𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 & 𝗔𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲. 𝟭,𝟬𝟬𝟬𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱

📅 September 22, 23 & 24, 2026
📍 BMO Conference Centre – Calgary, Alberta
🎟 Early Bird Registration is Now Open!

Join healthcare professionals from across Canada at the 10th Annual Recovery Capital Conference of Canada, the country’s largest event focused on mental health, addiction treatment, and recovery-oriented systems of care.

Over the past 10 years, more than 16,000 professionals have attended our conferences held from the West Coast to the East Coast of Canada.

#𝗥𝗖𝗖𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁

𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭 – 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽
For addiction-trained and non-addiction-trained physicians, nurses, and psychiatrists, focusing on the foundations of addiction medicine and concurrent disorders.

𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟮 & 𝟯 – 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀
• Medical & Clinical Innovation
• Indigenous Health & Healing
• Occupational Health
• Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care

Canadians want to see 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀. Across the country, provinces are moving toward "𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆-𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹", and this conference brings together leaders helping shape that change.

🔗 Register and view hotel information: www.RecoveryCapitalConference.com

Exhibitor Floor is almost sold out. Sponsorship Package found on the homepage.

03/07/2026

A new blog: Mechanisms of Behavioral Change is a measure used by medical academics to evaluate efficacy. What are the mechanisms in each mutual aid/peer-to-peer organization?

In this blog, we review a paper by Harvard University John Kelly who was asking what is "the secret ingredients" in AA that account for our efficacy? "...then a miracle happened!!!" is hard to measure academically. Could this personal account simply be attribution and could there be something more concrete or measurable within this recovery that can be tested for effectiveness?

Dr Kelly turned to our literature - a book approved by the General Service Conference, that has a greater breadth of time-tested approaches to recovery from alcohol addiction than our first book, based on a few years of good experience with dozens of case studies.

Spoiler Alert: Living Sober is what this objective third-party observer chose as best articulating the mechanisms of change, or the impetus of recovery from addiction.

As always, this isn't the final word, and Rebellon Dogs would love to have you weigh in, too.

https://rebelliondogspublishing.com/blog/blog/7724182/hiding-in-plain-sight-where-to-find-secular-aa-in-almost-every-meeting

Counselor - The Magazine for Addiction & Behavioral Health Professionals Life Cycles Counseling with Adina Silvestri Recovery Capital Conference - Overcoming Addiction Harvard Medical School Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation Edgewood Health Network - Calgary EHN Bellwood Toronto

“When bits of information or data are contextualized, we have knowledge. Knowledge helps us to appreciate what we know and to acknowledge that there i...

02/12/2026

Inside AA, debate about whether AA is religious or spiritual can be entertaining. It's about definitions, isn't it? In the USA, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that AA is a religion. The "God" or "higher power" language in AA's literature and culture is, by legal definition, "religious." And requiring AA participation as part of probation, sentencing, a continuing employment contract, courts view this as a violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. Americans are free to practice religion without interference from the State, and they are protected from religion or coercion by the State to attend religious activities.

Beyond the USA and their laws, many professionals know the data about AA being effective evidience-based support for people with alcohol use disorder. AND, most intake questions for a psychologist or healthcare professional do not include, "What is your creed," or "How are you about the 'God' word?"

Is Secular AA as a referal a way to avoid the whole issue of worldviews, or being for or against a faith-based approach to recovery from addiction? Here's an article on LinkedIn - let us know what you think.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/secular-aa-way-avoid-religiousirreligious-issues-secular-aa-e9vbc

01/29/2026

JUST SAW THIS ON AMAZON,
Buy 10 Beyond Belief paperbacks and get a 16% discount ($18.80 per book) This is great for book reading groups or 12 Step meetings.

https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Belief-reflection-nonbelievers-freethinkers/dp/0988115700
Recent reviews...

Chad Durham
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very important part of my day
Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2026

Such a powerful way to start my day with a mindful reflection written so eloquently and thought-provoking. I’ve shared certain days with peers who have praised its content. A must must must have
My favourite
Connie Clegg
5.0 out of 5 stars

My favorite daily reader!
Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2026
Verified Purchase
This is a wonderful, inspiring daily reader for anyone who is in recovery from any addiction. I recommend it to all the people I work with in recovery. I have gifted it many times. I read it myself daily. It is great meditation fodder!

H. Yellen
5.0 out of 5 stars
Thoughtful and fascinating
Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2025
Verified Purchase
Perfect daily reader for agnostics, atheists, as well as those believing in a higher power. Terrific quotes and detailed reference notes. Lots of references to CAL so it feels closely aligned with the program.

01/27/2026

Secular AA voices needed; submissions due by/before March 31, 2026.

Not only has AA made gestures to nonbelievers through the Grapevine book, One Big Tent and the pamphlet, The “God” Word: Agnostic and Atheist Members in AA.

This year, we also see outreach to atheists and agnostics across AA to contribute to our literature. I hope some of you have submitted your stories for consideration in the Fifth Edition of Alcoholics Anonymous. Editors can only choose from the stories that are already submitted.

Right now, there is an opportunity for the voice of secular in two upcoming pamphlets:

• The trustees’ Literature Committee is seeking stories of personal recovery from all transgender, non-binary, genderqueer, Two-Spirit, and gender non-conforming members in the A.A. structure of the United States and Canada.
• The trustees' literature committee is seeking stories of personal recovery from all members in the AA structure of the United States and Canada with ethnic or cultural ties to Asia.
Please encourage all qualified individuals to submit their stories.

The success of the pamphlet depends on having a broad range of stories to choose from. Stories of recovery may include, but are not limited to:

1. experience strength and hope
2. Steps, Traditions and Concepts
3. ethnic, cultural, sexual and gender diversity
4. sponsorship and service experience in AA meetings
5. safety
6. racism
7. mental health
8. cultural reconnections
9. diversity of socioeconomic status
10. atheists and agnostics
11. newcomer experiences
12. finding experience in linguistic groups and or communities
13. accessing AA despite cultural barriers

E-mail submissions or questions to pamphletstories@aa.org
Please start working on this now. Submissions are due by March 31st, 2026.

Website submissions:
https://www.aa.org/submit-story-aa-for-the-transgender-alcoholic-pamphlet

https://www.aa.org/submit-story-asian-and-asian-american-alcoholic-alcoholic-pamphlet

Email submissions: pamphletstories@aa.org
Subject Line: "A.A. for the Transgender Alcoholic," and or "The Asian and Asian-American alcoholic in A.A".

Postal Mail submissions:

Attn: Literature Assignment
General Service Office
Box 459
Grand Central Station
New York, NY 10163

On the envelope: The word "Pamphlet" should be written on the envelope and at the top of the first page of the manuscript.

Thank you in advance for your participation in the process!

01/24/2026

Wisdom about living each moment, each breath and the challenges of looping into the past and future.

will steal your life away

01/21/2026

Women Therapists on Healing: 11 Personal Essays about Overcoming Trauma

01/13/2026

Hot off the press: Broader Path group from Kingston Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦 on International Conference of Secular AA first Sunday global speakers meeting

Traducción EspañolaJanuary 2026: Secular AA's monthly world-tour of speaker meetings is hosted by the Broader Path AA Group from Kingston, Ontario. Our speakers this month are:Brian AichDonna PJarrod P..with Don Mc as emcee.Following these talks i...

11/16/2025

https://rebelliondogspublishing.com/rebellious-radio/blog/7653569/dr-jamie-marich-on-trauma-and-recovery
Here's a conversation with AA secular members ICSAA 2024 Orlando keynote speaker, Dr. Jamie Marich who spoke on a trauma-informed look at the 12-step process. Here, we catch up and new projects and the current environment for clinical care for people with addiction and mental health concerns and professionals who work to help us. NANAADAC, The Association for Addiction ProfessionalsdEdgewood Health Network - CalgaryACAMHaCanadian Centre on Substance UseaHazelden Betty Ford Foundation

Episode #84 features our long-awaited guest, Jamie Marich, PhD, in conversation with Mary C and Joe C of Rebellion Dogs Radio. Dr Jamie's latest colla...