Emotions Anonymous 12 Step Program of recovery

New Pamphlets & Literature Available to Order Now!

We have two new pamphlets available for purchase! 5 Ways to Face Your Grief as a Way Forward (#93) and Guilt (#94). We also now have a Suggested Meeting Format for Virtual Meetings (#7A) available. Orders can be made online by clicking the button below, over the phone, or by email.

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Alternatives to Face-to-Face meetings

Find information on the meetings that have always been held virtually here.

Regularly Scheduled Remote EA Meetings
Temporarily Remote Meetings During the Pandemic

Many meetings have switched from Face-to-Face to remote/virtual methods. Find those meetings here.

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This NEW Online discussion forum is a great way to connect. All are welcome! Members can reflect on the daily readings from the Today book, share personal thoughts, or reply to someone else.

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How to Start a Virtual/Remote meeting

We have compiled instructions on how to set up an EA meeting that meets in a remote or virtual format (Skype, Zoom & Free Conference Call) as an alternative to face to face.

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You Started a Meeting... Now What?

Thank you for either starting a new meeting or moving your face-to-face meeting to an alternative format! This allows the EA program to keep going during these difficult times! Click below and send in your meeting information so we can let others know!

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How to Join a Virtual/Remote EA Meeting

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COVID-19 Virus information

We know there is a lot of concern right now and we deeply value the comfort that can be gained from EA meetings. Each group or individual should determine for themselves whether or not to gather, as different communities are being affected in different ways. The EAI main office will remain open, calls and emails will be answered, and orders will continue to be filled.

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EAI exists to support individuals with emotional difficulties in their efforts to live more manageable lives by using the Emotions Anonymous 12 Step Program of recovery.

We know this is a difficult time for everyone and are doing our best to shift EAI operations to accommodate the current world situation. Many groups have switched to remote meetings and many new meetings have begun. Please check the meeting information page for more information on remotely accessible meetings. If you have not signed up to receive emails from EAI, please click here to do so. The EAI office is open and orders are being processed. We continue to need your support! Please click here to make a contribution. We are all in this together and this too shall pass.

New EA Meditations

We are excited to introduce guided meditations to the EA program. Please try them and let us know what you think!

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EA groups are self-supporting and all groups and individuals financially support the EAI office, which manages the literature and administrative work for EA as a whole. Without support from members, EAI staff would not be available to support the many groups and members who have questions, make suggestions, or want to purchase EA materials. Thank you to each individual and group for your contributions.

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Find an EA Meeting

A key to emotional well-being is to stay active with your group. If there are no groups in your area or work in your schedule, please consider starting one! Click here to find out more.

EAI has always offered alternative formats to meeting face-to-face. Those meetings can be found by clicking here.

Many face-to-face meetings switched to meeting remotely due to the pandemic but eventually plan to resume meeting in person when it is safe to do so. Those meetings can be found by clicking here.

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Monthly Reflections on the 12 Steps from EAI Board

STEP 2: CAME TO BELIEVE THAT A POWER GREATER THAN OURSELVES COULD RESTORE US TO SANITY.

" If I didn't believe that HP could restore my sanity and help me to live a life of my choosing, I would have no reason for hope. I find hope to be so important in life. Hope for a good day, hope that I can overcome obstacles and hope that things can be better. When I have seen my darkest moments has been when I lost hope and it was at those same times that I lost faith that God was paying attention to me. Being in the program and working the steps helps me to stay away from those darkest moments. It helps me to remember that God wants me to have a peaceful life and that I need to show trust and faith in order for that to happen and in order for me to be able to work the program to its full potential." — Paul N., EAI Treasurer

" The principal embodied in Step 2 is hope. After admitting my powerlessness in Step 1, I had to muster up some kind of hope that I would get or gain some power from somewhere that would help me; and I knew it wouldn't come from me or I knew I didn't have it in me because I battled this thing of powerlessness over my Emotions for as long as I could remember but it just got progressively worse or I became increasingly powerless until I had nowhere else to turn. Everyone does not come from this place, but I was going to either kill myself when I left my first meeting or actually try the program because those were my absolute last 2 options. So, you know what happened. I am here to tell the story. I thank God for Emotions Anonymous and I thank Emotions Anonymous for getting me back in touch with that Power that has restored me to sanity and continues to allow me, I like to say, to pass as a sane person. I still have some deep issues that I am working on and will be working on until they throw dirt on me. When I work through one issue, another one presents itself. And new issues are added everyday. Like right now as I write, for example, I am working on my acceptance of the coronavirus/covid 19 pandemic. Accepting that it is what it is, that it is still killing people everyday and I have to do what I have to do to protect myself and others. This is just one, but there are others that I am working on simultaneously. I honestly do not know where I would be without Emotions Anonymous and all the support it provides me. I really don't even want to think about it." — Derita P., EAI Trustee

"The concept “I cannot make myself well” that I learned in Step 1 allowed me to accept the hope of another way to get well found in Step 2. When I first read this step, I felt someone like me did not deserve sanity. It seemed impossible that I would ever be restored to sanity if I didn’t even know what that meant. The EA Big Book simply defines sanity and insanity. Knowing that I need to incorporate Step 2 into my life must mean I am insane. My old beliefs caused me to think some Higher Power would not help an insane person. In this program, I have learned this power greater than myself will always meet me exactly where I am. It was in EA that I learned that I can develop my own belief system. The way it is written in black and white in our Big Book allowed me to believe what I was being told. I was also excited to learn that this step works for us even before we completely develop our belief system. It is enough to begin with honesty, open-mindedness and willingness to believe. Through working the program, my self-esteem increased. As I began to believe in myself more, I came to believe I deserve sanity. Once I began to see myself for who I am, I became more open-minded to a power greater than myself restoring me to sanity. To put this restoration to sanity into action, I began to do sane things. I was once told “start doing the small things well so you can do the big things well too.” Examples of “small” things that helped me are: make my bed everyday, put away my laundry and regularly do self care. I challenge you to look around and see in what ways your higher power is helping restore you to sanity." — Kelsey W., EAI Trustee

" Before I came to this program, I thought I believed in a Higher Power. But when I did my second step, I realized that I had confused my position and my Higher Power. I wanted to decide what would happen and what would not happen for my life instead of him. And if something went wrong with me, I would get involved with him and eventually get disappointed with him. I was not willing to receive help to heal my emotions from a higher power, and I could not heal myself as well. With the second step, I realized that higher power helps me, I just have to reach out to him." — Behzad D., EAI Trustee