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Why interfaith recovery programs challenge specific religious beliefs

I've been going to AA and they talk about a higher power but every time I try to pray to something that isn't Jesus it feels fake and I'm worried I'm doing recovery wrong.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Spiritual flexibility required for healing may conflict with deeply ingrained religious specificity and fear of doctrinal compromise.

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