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Agnostic AA meetings are the regular and full AA program, just without insistence on a higher power.

I find their 12 steps for the agnostic very helpful. It is just a slight rewording that makes more sense to those of us who do not think deities exist. Even if you can't find a specifically agnostic meeting, just keeping that version of the steps in mind is helpful.

There are agnostic AA meetings, although they are few and far between. Take a look at the list, there might be one near you.

(In AA-speak, a "meeting" isn't one specific gathering on a day, but the group that meets that day in that place every week. So talking about a meeting is talking about the ongoing regular meetings of that group. It can be a little confusing.)

Even if the only meetings convenient to you are very religious, the major focus of AA is sobriety. I have found this in even the most religious meetings I've attended, the primary concern is maintaining sobriety and helping others achieve it and maintain it. In my opinion, this is the real power of AA, it goes back to what Bill W. found all those years ago: a couple of drunks talking honestly about their problems can keep each other sober. AA meetings helped me tremendously when I first sobered up, I hope they can help you too.

One last bit of advice, you will probably hear some things in meetings that rub you the wrong way. It is inevitable. However, you will also hear things that resonate with you and make sense. Focus on what makes sense to you at first, worry about the rest later. They are meetings full of very damaged people, and it is the one place where they can just vent all the stuff in their heads. A lot of folks use that as an excuse, "those people are nuts!, and don't return. It can do you so much good if you are open to it, though. I heard plenty of things in AA meetings that sounded like nonsense and BS to me at first. Some of it still sounds like nonsense now, years later. However, a lot of it started to make more sense as I had more time sober and more time to think with a clear head. That's why I say just set those things aside and focus on what does grab you. You never know when you might come back to it.

I'm cleaning out my bookshelf now, and I have this book about meditation, mindfulness, and sobriety. I found it very helpful when I first got sober. It needs a good home. I'll happily mail it to you if you're interested in reading it. Just PM your US mailing address if you'd like it.