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The role of spirituality in addiction recovery is a vital one. Following acceptance of an addiction, and detoxification from that substance, spirituality is what helps patients stay clean and not return to using. Spirituality in addiction recovery refers to a higher power, of individual choice, when recovering from drug or alcohol addiction. Spirituality in most treatment programs is not religion specific, it centers on the belief in God, as the individual understands God to be, and the belief that God will restore ones life. Spirituality based recovery deals with and eliminates the feelings of powerlessness that are cause by drug and alcohol addictions (Booth, 2000). Spirituality in recovery necessitates addicted individuals to turn their lives and will over to the care of God or a higher power and allow God to return the individual to sanity. Recovery is about change, to quit using substances that caused great pain and learning a new healthier way to live (Booth 2000). Spirituality in recovery is the tool that allows this change to occur. Spirituality changes every aspect of an individual’s life, including the behaviors and factors that caused the addiction (Booth, 2000). This paper covers the use o
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9) Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure hem or others.
5) Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
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Addiction Counseling Yet, as these authors have also shown, many addiction professionals receive little happens in part because of the confusion between religion and spirituality. |
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Addiction designed to assess readiness for change in patients with addiction (Miller & the current stage and the additional 5 question time scale (Spirituality & Health |
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Substance Abuse and AA Murchu, D. "Spirituality, Recovery, and Transcendental Mediation." Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly 11 (1994): 169-184. Peele, S. The Meaning of Addiction, 2nd ed |
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Analysis of an Intervention for Cocaine Abuse New treatments for cocaine addiction. (2001). References Butts, JD (2001). Spirituality & sexuality: A program for women in recovery. |
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Laws and Ethics in Counseling For this case scenario, a college intern in addiction counseling is presented seems to be taking a stronger stance on incorporating spirituality and religion |
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