AA Sponsorship, Explained: What a Sponsor Is (and Is Not)

Ask anyone with a few years of sobriety what made the difference and, more often than not, a name comes back. Not a clinic, not a book, not even a particular meeting — a person. Their sponsor. For something so central to how recovery actually works, sponsorship is oddly mysterious to newcomers, so here it […]

Cocaine Addiction: Signs, Health Risks and Where to Get Help in the UK

If you are searching for cocaine addiction help, you may be somewhere between worried and unsure. Maybe your own use has crept up, or a weekend habit has started to spill into the rest of the week. Maybe you are watching someone you love and wondering what you are seeing. This page is for you […]

Is AA Religious? Higher Power, Explained Honestly

It is one of the most common reasons people put off going to a meeting: the idea that Alcoholics Anonymous is a religious organisation, and that recovery there means signing up to somebody else’s God. The short answer is no, AA is not a religious organisation. The longer answer is worth five minutes, because the […]

Joining AA: What Your First Meeting Is Actually Like

Nobody arrives at their first AA meeting feeling ready. Most people arrive having circled the building once, sat in the car for ten minutes, and nearly gone home twice. If that is where you are, you are in good company: almost everyone in the room did some version of the same thing. This is what […]