Belief and spiritual language
No religious belief is required for A.A. membership
A.A.W.S. distinguishes the membership requirement, spiritual language in the program, and each member’s own understanding.
A.A. is not a religious organization
Official A.A.W.S. source: Is A.A. a religious organization?
No. Nor is it allied with any religious organization.
This direct A.A.W.S. answer prevents the presence of spiritual language from becoming a claim that A.A. is a religion.
A.A. literature includes spiritual language
Official A.A.W.S. source: A Newcomer Asks
people of all shades of belief and non-belief
The publication acknowledges varied belief while explaining that many members understand recovery through a power greater than themselves.
The individual defines that understanding
Official A.A.W.S. source: A Newcomer Asks
everyone defines this power as he or she wishes
The website should not supply a required definition when the official newcomer publication assigns that understanding to the individual.
A.A.W.S. publishes more than one path through this language
Official A.A.W.S. source: Many Paths to Spirituality
I’m still an agnostic.
Official member experience includes continued agnosticism as well as many other understandings. The next pages let the reader follow the source most relevant to the question.