The Sacred in Alcoholics Anonymous: the god of the alcoholics

Abstract

This article examines the vision of the sacred present in the Alcoholics Anonymous recovery program through the analysis of its bibliography, with the help of Religioswissenschaft. Through a brief historical tour of the program, it identifies the religious premises that gave rise to that vision, and concludes that, regardless of whether Alcoholics Anonymous is a religious group ─this article does not participate in that debate─, its theological vision refers to a specific god and not just to an abstract higher power, as the organization contends.

Keywords: Alcoholics Anonymous, spirituality, the sacred.