The soul of recovery : uncovering the spiritual dimension in the treatment of addictions /

Ringwald's purpose in this volume was to find out how spirituality figures in an individual's recovery from alcohol or substance abuse and how it is deployed by the treatment programmes.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Ringwald, Christopher D.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Series:	OUP E-Books.
Subjects:	Recovering addicts > Religious life. Twelve-step programs > Religious aspects. Spirituality. Self-help groups. Behavior, Addictive > therapy Self-Help Groups Spirituality Dépendants en réadaptation > Vie religieuse. Programmes à douze étapes > Aspect religieux. Spiritualité. Groupes d'entraide. RELIGION > Sexuality & Gender Studies. Self-help groups Recovering addicts > Religious life Twelve-step programs > Religious aspects Recovering addicts - Religious life Twelve-step programs - Religious aspects Electronic books.
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Table of 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.