ISBN: 9780198033691

Millions of alcoholics and addicts recover through spirituality. In The Soul of Recovery: Uncovering the Spiritual Dimension in the Treatment of Addictions, author and journalist Christop… More...

Millions of alcoholics and addicts recover through spirituality. In The Soul of Recovery: Uncovering the Spiritual Dimension in the Treatment of Addictions, author and journalist Christopher D. Ringwald tells how and why they seek and achieve these transformations. Ranging as far back as the Washingtonian Total Abstinence Society in 1840, Ringwald illuminates the use of spirituality within a wide range of treatment options--from the famous Twelve Step-style programs to those tailored to the needs of addicted women, Native Americans, or homeless teens not ready to quit. Focusing on the results rather than the validity of beliefs espoused by these programs, he demonstrates how addicts recover through practices such as self-examination, meditation, prayer and reliance on a self-defined higher power. But the most compelling evidence of spirituality's importance comes from those directly involved in the process. Ringwald traveled across the country to visit dozens of programs and interview hundreds of addicts, alcoholics, counselors, family members, doctors and scientists. Many share moving stories of suffering, survival, and redemption. A homeless man, a surgeon, a college student, a working mother-each describes the descent into addiction and how spirituality offered a practical, personal means to recovery. Ringwald also examines the controversies surrounding faith-based treatment and the recovery movement, from the conflict between science and spirituality, to skepticism about the "new age" brand of spirituality these programs encourage, to constitutional issues over court-mandated participation in allegedly religious treatment programs. Combining in-depth research with powerful personal accounts, this fascinating exploration of spirituality will provide a fuller understanding of the nature of addiction and how people overcome it.; PDF; Politics, Philosphy & Religion > Religion & beliefs > Religion: general, Oxford University Press<

ISBN: 9780198033691

It is common knowledge that for most alcoholics and addicts recovery programmes like AA seem to hold out the best hope of conquering their addiction. Most of us also know that such progr… More...

It is common knowledge that for most alcoholics and addicts recovery programmes 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 this country. Journalist Christopher Ringwald visited many treatment centres and interviewed hundreds of recovering alcoholics and addicts, counsellors, and family members, many of whose voices are heard in this book. Ringwald's purpose was to find out just how spirituality figures in the individual's recovery and how it is deployed by the treatment programmes.He explores the differences among a wide range of programmes : 12-step, Christian, Muslim, Native American, and those based in Eastern religions.Vividly written and thoroughly researched, this book is the first to focus on this intruiging phenomenon--an all but hidden, yet thriving new spiritual movement in our midst.; PDF; Politics, Philosphy & Religion > Religion & beliefs > Religion: general, Oxford University Press<

ISBN: 0198033699

The Soul of Recovery ab 23.49 € als pdf eBook: Uncovering the Spiritual Dimension in the Treatment of Addictions. Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Belletristik, Erzählungen, Medien > Bücher, The … More...

The Soul of Recovery ab 23.49 € als pdf eBook: Uncovering the Spiritual Dimension in the Treatment of Addictions. Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Belletristik, Erzählungen, Medien > Bücher, The Soul of Recovery - eBook als pdf von Christopher D. Ringwald - Oxford University Press - 9780198033691<

ISBN: 9780198033691

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2002, ISBN: 9780198033691

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