I've heard it many times "in the halls", priciples before personalities. For many, this holds true. Only after talking about my personal experiences, and witness to a few others, there is a prejudicial aspect that does rear it's head when a Pagan perspective is shared.

For example, there was a night that I walked out of a meeting feeling so high on life, feeling so part of a fellowship in every form~ this is what keeps us recovered. An "elder", one of the well respected ones of the group, looked at the pentacle around my neck, straight into my eyes and said, "You're going to Hell."

Crushed! That's the only word to explain the feeling I felt. Not only was I a newcomer at the time, but also quite young (for someone in recovery!).

This is just an example, and in no way intended to create hate, but, like the steps teach us, to share and to know "Never Alone Again!". We need to find each other, without fear, to help each other through the stickiness and walk the path together. Also to share our differing veiws and phylosophies of the 12 steps, and become fellow powers of examples to each other, whether in or out of the halls (I keep saying this, because I know how hard it is to stay in the halls as a Pagan, and respect anyone who's found recovery without)