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When addiction recovery meets spiritual responsibility

The elders chose me to carry forward a ceremony but I've been sober for only eight months and I'm terrified I'll mess up something sacred.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Personal healing intersects with cultural obligation, creating pressure around worthiness and the fear of failing one's community.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Indigenous restorative traditions?”

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