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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 652361" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I know where you live, GN. It's sort of the same here, but it's changing to becoming more diverse, however religion-wise it is still very Christian. You don't hear people saying they are atheists here and I know my Buddhist/New Age beliefs would be met with horror by many (shrug). I don't really care. But I do think a 12 Step Group should be sensitive to all. It is not a Christian group. It is a group that can and often does include everyone. No particular Higher Power is named...it is explained as something or someone that you rely on when too stressed out to put something on your own shoulders. One older lady, who was an atheist, considered her higher power to be the water. When overly stressed she'd go to the lake and sit and try to calm her mind. None of us ever criticized what one another found to calm us or believe. Most were probably CHristians. We did not pray in any religious way. We held hands to show support for one another and that was it. For such a large group (the Chicago one) we were VERY close and highly supportive and I truly learned how to let go of others and sometimes dare to put myself first. Before that group, in my mind if you EVER put yourself first, you were selfish.</p><p></p><p>How twisted is that sort of thinking??? I felt I had to suffer horribly to help other people, even if they didn't want to be helped and even if they were highly abusive to me. I would have made an excellent battered wife.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 652361, member: 1550"] I know where you live, GN. It's sort of the same here, but it's changing to becoming more diverse, however religion-wise it is still very Christian. You don't hear people saying they are atheists here and I know my Buddhist/New Age beliefs would be met with horror by many (shrug). I don't really care. But I do think a 12 Step Group should be sensitive to all. It is not a Christian group. It is a group that can and often does include everyone. No particular Higher Power is named...it is explained as something or someone that you rely on when too stressed out to put something on your own shoulders. One older lady, who was an atheist, considered her higher power to be the water. When overly stressed she'd go to the lake and sit and try to calm her mind. None of us ever criticized what one another found to calm us or believe. Most were probably CHristians. We did not pray in any religious way. We held hands to show support for one another and that was it. For such a large group (the Chicago one) we were VERY close and highly supportive and I truly learned how to let go of others and sometimes dare to put myself first. Before that group, in my mind if you EVER put yourself first, you were selfish. How twisted is that sort of thinking??? I felt I had to suffer horribly to help other people, even if they didn't want to be helped and even if they were highly abusive to me. I would have made an excellent battered wife. [/QUOTE]
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