Worldwide EA Virtual Retreat

EA will hold a virtual retreat on July 17th-20th,2020. The retreat is accessible by phone, online at Zoom.com or through the Zoom App. No registration is required. The recommended literature is #83 Welcoming the Spiritual Awakening Within Me, but it is also not required.

Please click here for the full agenda and information on how to join.
Alternatives to Face-to-Face meetings

Meetings using alternative formats have always been available- this list provides that information. NEW remote meetings can be found under "Meetings Added Recently" under "Alternative Format Meetings" at the lower left side of this homepage, meeting details can be found by clicking on the meeting.

Click here for regular alternative format meetings.
New Meetings Switched to Alternative Format Announced Here

We will list new meetings that were face to face but now are meeting through alternative methods here as we are informed.

See all the meetings that have shifted to remote methods and specific details by clicking this button.
July Special Pricing!

The EA book, It Works if You Work it, is ON SALE through the month of July! Normally $20.00, on sale for $9.95.

Click here to go to the online store.
Interested in writing for EA?

We're always looking for reflections on the Steps, Traditions, Promises, Just for Today's, Concepts and Slogans! If you would like to submit a reflection please do! Materials could be used in the monthly newsletter, on the website, and in new literature. Your thoughts help all EA members work the program!

Click here for the form to submit your reflection!
Three New Pamphlets!

We are very happy to offer three new pamphlets - Confidentiality (#86), Higher Power (#88) and Trust (#89).

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Can you help?

If every EA member told just one person about the program during the month of June, think of number of people we could reach! Consider using your Facebook, Instagram, or email contacts to share information during this time of social distancing.

Click here for our free publications in PDF format - ready download and attach to your social media posts.
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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How to Move your Meeting to an Alternative Format and How to Join a remote Meeting

Here are instructions on how to set up an Alternative Format Meeting (Skype, Zoom & Free Conference Call).

Click here to learn how to set up a meeting.
How to Join a Virtual EA Meeting

Here are instructions on how to set up an Alternative Format Meeting (Skype, Zoom & Free Conference Call).

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You Have Created an Alternative Format 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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This is the official website of Emotions Anonymous International.
Emotions Anonymous (EAI) exists to support individuals with emotional difficulties in their efforts to live more manageable lives by using the Emotions Anonymous 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 are beginning to hold remote meetings. Please check the meeting locator for more information. If you have not signed up to receive emails from EAI, please do so here, as we will begin providing EA program reflections via email each week in order to stay in touch. Currently, the EAI office is open but staff is working remotely most of the week; calls are being answered or returned when staff are available. Orders will continue to be processed, though they may take longer than usual based on staff availability. We continue to need your support! Please click here to make a contribution. We are all in this together and this too shall pass.

Meetings Added Recently! Click on location for details.

Please Consider Making a Contribution!

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.

Please donate now!

Find an EA Meeting

EA has always offered alternatives to face-to-face meetings and during the pandemic, some f-to-f meetings have shifted to a remote format. The regular alternative meetings are available on the link below. New/temporarily shifted meetings are listed under "New Meetings," (just to the left of this information).

A key to emotional well-being is to stay active with your group. We also offer alternative formats, including phone, Skype, chat and others. Or, if there are no face-to-face groups in your area please consider starting one! Find out more here.

Click here to find a meeting in the United States.

Click here to find a global meeting.

Click here to find a meeting held REMOTELY - chat, Skype, phone and other methods!

Monthly Reflections on the 12 Promises from EAI Trustees

PROMISE 7: SELF SEEKING SLIPS AWAY.

Ironically, being more “appropriately focused on self-first” is what brings about the most growth for me in EA. It gives me serenity and strengthens me for service. I practice Healthy Concept # 1 “we do not come for another person – we come to help ourselves”. In doing so, I now have a firm footing from which to launch my increased emotional well-being – which benefits others. How does it work? I set good boundaries. I meditate and eat good food – all the stuff from JFT # 4. In truth, I’m NOT being self-seeking when I practice good self-care. I’m putting the oxygen mask on myself before trying to help others (airplane emergency analogy). In sum – this is MY recovery! - Scott J. EAI President

The Big Book, the book entitled Alcoholics Anonymous, Dictionary defines self seeking as seeking or pursuing only for oneself: the act or practice of selfishly advancing one's own desires and goals. Thus a selfseeker is a selfseeking person; seeking only to further one's own interest. That was my life. i was going to make a lot of money from a career that also offered other benefits like medical insurance so that i could receive the best care. i wanted to retire at an early age so that I could relax and i could enjoy the remainder of MY life. i had no thought of others or collaborating with anyone so that we could both advance and enjoy life. I was engaged 3 or 4 times, but one of the things that stopped ME from getting married was that i couldn't see how i could really benefit from it. i saw my mate benefiting more. One reason why i didn't have any children was because i didn't see how i could do it and still have what i wanted and enough time for MYSELF. Though that was not the only reason. i had a very hard time with the concept of sharing. For a short time i shared a bedroom with my middle sister. She was always affecting somehow "MY side" of the room. i didn't have a roommate in college. When i travel for service work now, i am expected to share a room sometimes. i still find it difficult to share. The difference between then and now, is that now there are just a few things I have trouble sharing, before it was everything; and also now I have people to talk with about it, so it is not daunting today. Thank you Emotions Anonymous, the people I met here, and the God of my understanding that I also met here! - Derita P. EAI Trustee

I did not immediately understand the idea that ‘self-seeking’ would slip away when I first saw it. I looked at it very literally, which confused me because I did not consider myself to be very selfish before being part of the program. But after having worked the steps more than once and regularly attending meetings, I have come to understand all of the ways in which my actions and words, both little and big, may have affected others. I am thankful that many of my self-seeking ways have slipped away and given way to serenity. - Paul N. EAI Trustee