About 36Principles.org

This web site has been established primarily for the support of the discussion of and about the principles in the program of Alcoholics Anonymous.  Membership is open to like-minded folks in the program of AA who wish to make their views and experiences known to others.

We in no way see ourselves as separate from AA.  We are only members of AA who are using the communications afforded by this site as a tool for the development of understandings about how the principles in our program are expressed in our daily, spirit-led lives.  We hope that we are never regarded as a "faction" or sub-group of AA.  We perceive ourselves as members who have escaped the peril of alcoholism who have discovered a common means of recovery.  We are exactly the same folks who participate imperfectly in AA groups all over this land toward a perfection that is beyond all of us.

We held off the deployment of this site for a number of months as we thought about if and how to make it self supporting and thinking about ways we could allow members and visitors to participate financially if they chose to.  Suffice to say, we did not reach a conclusion on this yet (either whether to allow contributions or how to allow or encourage others to participate) so we decided to start out at a fairly low key level of effort.  Our direct expenses on the site as of 2/1/09 are pretty minimal (<~$200) so we just launched it and presume that we'll get more guidance on this matter as we go...

If you would like to join our community of folks, feel free to register in our Blog and/or Forum areas.

If you wish to be a part of the team who manages and maintain the site, please go to the Forum area, register, and then send a private message to the admin account offering whatever services you wish to offer.  Please be aware that we all have other busy lives so it may be several days before we can respond to you specifically.

Most of all, we wish to thank you for visiting our site and participating in oiur discussion about our beloved AA program of recovery.