The soul of recovery : uncovering the spiritual dimension in the treatment of addictions / Christopher D. Ringwald.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ringwald, Christopher D., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Recovering addicts--Religious life.

Recovering addicts.

Twelve-step programs--Religious aspects.

Twelve-step programs.

Spirituality.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (318 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

It is common knowledge for most alcoholics and addicts recovery programes like AA seem to hold out the best hope of conquering their addiction. Most of us also know that such programmes usually stress reliance on some sort of ""higher power"". This book shows that in fact spiritual development is the central factor in the recovery of a significant percentage of substance abusers, and that spirituality is the lynchpin of many if not most recovery programmes in the US. Journalist Christopher Ringwald visited many treatment centres and interviewed hundreds of recovering alcoholics and addicts, co

Contents:

CONTENTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER I: Addictions, Spiritual Solutions, and the Insights of Alcoholics Anonymous; CHAPTER II: The Middle Class and Mainstream Treatment; CHAPTER III: Women's Treatment, Women's Spirituality; CHAPTER IV: Native American Treatment and Indian Spirituality; CHAPTER V: Measuring Results, Measuring the Soul: Science and the Spirit; CHAPTER VI: Our God, No God: Religious Methods and Secular Approaches; CHAPTER VII: Harm Reduction: Challenging Tradition on the Street with Transcendence

CHAPTER VIII: Treating Hard-Core Addicts: From Secular Practicality to Practical Spirituality in Therapeutic CommunitiesCHAPTER IX: The Recovery Movement: Recovering God, Recovering Self; CHAPTER X: Faith-Based Solutions in a Democracy; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-028729-2

0-19-518464-5

1-60256-880-4

0-19-803369-9

1-280-53221-1

OCLC:

935261983