9-Step Recovery for Asatru/Odinists

1) Admit we have a problem with addiciton and that we have used out personal power unwisely and destructively.

"I stand at the Well of Wyrd, and peering within, I see that addiction is poisoning my fate."

2) Make a decision to align ourselves with the Gods and to contribute constructively to the tapestry ofr Wyrd.

"I call out to the Gods for need-fire, and wisdom, to overcome that which is destroying me."

3) Inventory our behavior patterns in a searching and fearless way.

"Guided by might and main from the Gods, I drink deep from the well of my deeds, and take responsibily for what I find there."

4) Admit to the Gods, to another human being, and to ourselves the excact nature of our wrong choices.

"Holding honesty as my honor, I stand before the Gods, my ancestors, and a trusted companion, and I lay forth the poison I found within."

5) Ask the Gods to help us change our destructive behavior.

"Having awakened to who I have been, I choose to lay healthy actions into the Well of Wyrd, with the Gods at my side, so I may live with honor and luck in the future."

6) Make a list of all persons we have harmed, and become willing to make amends to them all.

"Having honestly and completely shared the poison of my past, I choose to attempt to make right what I have made wrong in the past."

7) Make direct amends to such people whenever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.

"Realizing that I must let go of who I have been, I hang myself from Yggdrassil, dying to who I was, and beseech the Gods for runes of victory. I reach out a hand to people I have hurt if it is appropriate."

8) Continue on a daily basis to take personal inventory and when we are wrong admit it.

"Having gained the runes over addicition, I continue to live with meaning, as genuinely as I can, day to day, always remembering that wisdom not lived is a sword not drawn."

9) With the spiritual awakening as a result of the steps, we try to carry this message to others, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

"Having awoken to the rich heritage of the Gods of my ancestors, and my own constructive power, I go forward in my life to share this spiritual awakening with others, knowing that to gift this awakening is the best way toi retain it."