Starting April 9th!
Adversaries’ Vigil
In-Person Recovery
Meetings in Austin
The Satanic Temple Sober Faction provides peer support recovery for addiction, free from the pseudoscience and superstitious dogma entrenched in most mainstream programs.
Our meeting is called Adversaries’ Vigil, where we hold collective vigil with each other for the fight against our adversaries.
We’ll meet on the 2nd and 4th Thursday each month at
The Unitarian Universalist Church
Wildflower Classroom 1
4700 Grover Ave Austin, TX 78756
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Sober Faction is:
A space centered on personal sovereignty, not abstinence as virtue.
Support rooted in compassion, autonomy, and mutual aid, not shame or surveillance.
Acknowledges that sobriety looks different for different people and can change over time.
Open to people at any stage: newly sober, long-term sober, taking a break, or exploring change.
Compatible with medical treatment, therapy, harm-reduction practices, and other recovery paths.
Community-focused: connection, shared experience, accountability by consent-not authority.
Able to certify your attendance for court mandated recovery programs.
Sober Faction isn’t:
A 12-step program, and not based on surrender, higher powers, or spiritual absolution.
An anti-medication, anti-therapy, or anti-professional help.
A purity test or a badge of moral superiority.
A requirement for participation in The Satanic Temple or its congregations.
A space for pressuring others to quit, reduce, or explain their choices.
A place where anyone claims authority over your recovery.
A substitute for medical care, therapy, or evidence-based treatment.
A religious conversion effort or a recruitment tool.
The Seven Rituals:
1) In our suffering, we had a moment of clarity. We realized that we had lost ourselves and recognized addiction as our adversary.
2) We decided our will and authority over ourselves would be reborn through adopting a new way of life.
3) We made a commitment to take responsibility for our own actions in the past, present, and future, focusing only on what we could control.
4) We acknowledged behaviors and patterns of thinking that we found to be unacceptable or unhealthy.
5) Upon acknowledging these facets of ourselves, we began the practice of continual introspection and mindfulness.
6) We continuously strive towards self-actualization, seeking knowledge on our path to act & respond ethically & responsibly in all things.
7) After following this path, we recognized our own self-growth and sought to point the way to those who are suffering.
Sober Faction Mission
The Satanic Temple Sober Faction is a peer support group that offers a Satanic approach to recovery from addiction. Sober Faction meetings assist those who are suffering from addiction in finding sobriety without having to experience the burden of religious dogma and superstition.
