The Soul of Recovery
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-514768-1 (ISBN)
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.
Christopher D. Ringwald is a journalist who has written on mental health, religion, books, law and social policy for The Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, Commonweal and Governing. He was named the 2002 Albany Author of the Year, won a first place award from the Catholic Press Association, and is author of Faith in Words. Ringwald directs the Faith & Society Project at The Sage Colleges in Albany, N.Y., and is a senior writer at Advocates for Human Potential, Inc. He may be reached via email at ringwc@sage.edu or by phone at (518) 292-1727
1. Addictions and Spiritual Solutions ; 2. Mainstream Treatment and the Middle Class ; 3. Women's Treatment, Women's Spirituality ; 4. Native Americans in Treatment and Indian Spirituality ; 5. Measuring Results, Measuring the Soul: Science and the Spirit ; 6. No God, Our God: Secular Approaches and Religious Methods ; 7. Harm Reduction: Challenging Tradition on the Street ; 8. Treating Hard-Core Addicts: From Secular Practicality to Practical Spirituality in Therapeutic Communities ; 9. The Recovery Movement: A New Religion or a New Openness ; 10. Faith-Based Solutions in a Democracy
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 9.5.2002 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 244 x 164 mm |
| Gewicht | 621 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Suchtkrankheiten | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-514768-5 / 0195147685 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-514768-1 / 9780195147681 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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