A close friend who has known me since the 1980s was asking me about trying to find a copy of the “Pagan 12-Steps” program that we knew about in the mid-1980s. After both of us searched the Internet for hours trying to find it (I know who wrote it, but got blasted for publishing that information back then), I gave up and went to my file cabinets. I found 3 hardcopies of it… It should be stated that this was written for “Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families”, but, like all 12-Step programs, it can be adapted to any problem. I’m publishing it here as a public service… in other words, so I can find it easier next time, LOL. This was written in Denver around 1986-1988.<\/p>\n
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Twelve-Step Program for<\/span><\/p>\n Pagan Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families<\/span><\/p>\n (Amended)<\/span><\/p>\n \n 1. We are facing the fact that what we are doing with our lives has not been working;<\/span><\/p>\n \n 2. We have become convinced that significant improvement is possible;<\/span><\/p>\n \n 3. We are committed to seeking wellness and competence within ourselves;<\/span><\/p>\n \n 4. We are reviewing our behavior patterns, successful and unsuccessful, and are continually recording our findings;<\/span><\/p>\n \n 5. We have faced and accepted our errors, and are sharing them with other people and with our God(s);<\/span><\/p>\n \n 6. We are willing to let go of our mistaken systems;<\/span><\/p>\n \n 7. We choose to work on releasing these systems, using any and all ethical means available to do so;<\/span><\/p>\n \n 8. We are learning how our errors have impacted others, and are working to redress the balance with each such person, so much as may be or may become possible;<\/span><\/p>\n \n 9. We are doing what we can to heal our old relationships, harming none;<\/span><\/p>\n \n 10. We are continually searching for and implementing positive changes to our behavior to the best of our ability;<\/span><\/p>\n \n 11. We are working in our own ways to open ourselves to our highest ideals and to attune ourselves to universal health and harmony;<\/span><\/p>\n \n 12. As our own healing progresses, we are learning to use our energy and the energy around us to heal others, to assist the ecology, and to honor (the) God(s).<\/span><\/p>\n \n SO WE HAVE SPOKEN: SO IT IS.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A close friend who has known me since the 1980s was asking me about trying to find a copy of the “Pagan 12-Steps” program that we knew about in the mid-1980s. After both of us searched the Internet for hours trying to find it (I know who wrote it, but got blasted for publishing that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peacefulhippo.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peacefulhippo.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peacefulhippo.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peacefulhippo.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peacefulhippo.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/peacefulhippo.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peacefulhippo.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peacefulhippo.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peacefulhippo.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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