Welcome to the Wellbriety Website The purpose of this website is to communicate with those who wish to help Alaska Natives and American Indians follow the path of Handsome Lake, the first Indian to recover from Alcoholism. This website started only a few weeks ago. Be sure to check out the "weblinks" page. We aim to be a source of information about other sites with valuable information.

A Daily Reflection from the "big book" of Alcoholics Anonymous: The 12-step program says that we should 'practice these principles in all our affairs.' “For me, A.A. is a synthesis of all the philosophy I’ve ever read, of all of the positive, good philosophy, all of it based on love. I have seen that there is only one law, the law of love, and there are only two sins; the first is to interfere with the growth of another human being, and the second is to interfere with one's own growth.” From Alcoholics Anonymous, 3rd Ed. p. 542 “He Who Loses His Life”

There is a new word that describes a lofty goal for the descendants of the earliest inhabitants of North America (Alaska Natives and American Indians). The word is "wellbriety." It is much more than sobriety.

With the European invasion of North America, ungracious newcomers brought pain, grief, and loss to the indigenous peoples of our continent. Alcoholic spirits, along with disease and abuse have ruined previously proud and able people.

We encourage a movement toward "wellbriety," a situation where the First Nations of America return to wellbriety - a state of well-being. For the nations to be well, the tribes and groups must be well. For tribes and groups to recover, the families must be well. For families to be well, each individual person must become physically, mentally, and spiritually fit; we must all achieve a state of wellbriety. Only then can we become what the Great Spirit wills us to become.