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How to honor indigenous spirituality in Western recovery programs

I've been sober for three years and my sponsor keeps pushing AA's higher power stuff, but my understanding of spirit comes from my Ojibwe roots and I don't know how to explain that the Creator isn't the same as their God.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Recovery frameworks rooted in Christian concepts can feel alienating to those whose spiritual understanding flows from indigenous traditions.

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“Where Are You with Indigenous spiritualities — North America?”

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