Spirituality and Religiousness and Alcohol/Other Drug Problems

Treatment and Recovery Perspectives

Brent Benda, Richard H. McCuen, Brent B. Benda, Thomas E. McGovern

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2006
• Print ISBN:
  9780789032997
• eBook ISBN:
  9781136758317
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Addiction in Psychology
• Index: Psychology

An in-depth look at the relevance of religious and spiritual issues to alcohol and drug use and abuse throughout the lifespan

Spiritual issues and forgiveness are oft-neglected topics in treatment programs for substance abusers. This unique book brings those underrated components of recovery to the forefront through current research, cas

Index

Numbers followed by “f” indicate figure; “t” following a page number indicates tabular material.

AA. See Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)

ABCT. See Alcohol Behavioral Couples Therapy (ABCT)

Abuse. See Drug abuse; Substance abuse; specific types, e.g., Alcohol abuse

Addiction Safety Index (ASI)–Expanded, Self-Administered Version, 95-96

Adolescent(s), substance abuse among, relationship of church attendance or religiousness to, 75-87. See also Religiousness, relationship to adolescents’ use of alcohol, drugs, and delinquency

Age, effects on recovery after AOD–related problems, 186-190

Al-Anon, 5

in family therapy of alcohol abuse, 180

Alcohol

religion and, relationship between, research on, 25-28

women dependent on, mental health outcomes among, religious involvement effects on, 89-108. See also Women, alcohol- and drug-dependent, mental health outcomes among, religious involvement effects on

Alcohol abuse. See also Alcohol/other drug (AOD) problems

adolescent, relationship to adolescents’ use of alcohol, drugs, and delinquency, 75-87. See also Religiousness, relationship to adolescents’ use of alcohol, drugs, and delinquency

among couples

effects on children, 173

effects on family, 172-173

among homeless veterans, treatment of, spiritual well-being, relationships, and work satisfaction in, 109-124. See also Homeless veterans, with AOD problems, treatment of

family functioning effects of, 172-173

marriage and family contexts of, 171-184

functioning-related effects of, 172-173

proposed model for, 173-175, 174f

treatment of, for couples and family

AA, 180

ABCT, 177

Al-Anon, 180

BCT, 177

Bowenian family therapy, 179

community-based interventions, 180

CRAFT program, 179-180

family systems therapy, 177-178

Johnson Intervention, 180

models of, 176-181

programmatic approaches to, 179-180

Project CALM, 179

traditional family therapy, 176-178

trans-theoretical factors in, 175-176

UFT, 178-179

without forgiveness, model of, 152, 152f

Alcohol Behavioral Couples Therapy (ABCT), 177

Alcoholics

recovering, quality of life satisfaction in

study of, 33-73

analytic plan in, 49-52, 49f-51f

clinical implications of, 61-63

discussion of, 57-64

materials and methods in, 46-52, 49f-51f

measures in, 46-49

objectives of, 45

results of, 52-56, 53t, 54t

sample in, 46

support groups and, 33-73. See also 12-step fellowships; specific groups, e.g., Spiritual groups

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), 2, 9, 10, 12, 24, 42

in family treatment of alcohol abuse, 180

spiritualit...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Halftitle
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Themes and Patterns of Spirituality–Religiousness and Alcohol/Other Drug Problems: Treatment and Recovery Perspectives
• Spirituality and Religiousness and Alcohol/Other Drug Problems: Conceptual Framework
• Protestantism and Alcoholism: Spiritual and Religious Considerations
• The Role of Social Supports, Spirituality, Religiousness, Life Meaning and Affiliation with 12-Step Fellowships in Quality of Life Satisfaction Among Individuals in Recovery from Alcohol and Drug Problems
• Church Attendance or Religiousness: Their Relationship to Adolescents’ Use of Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Delinquency
• Dimensions of Religious Involvement and Mental Health Outcomes Among Alcohol- and Drug-Dependent Women
• Spiritual Well-Being, Relationships, and Work Satisfaction in the Treatment of Homeless Veterans with Alcohol/Other Drug Problems
• Forgiveness in the Treatment of Persons with Alcohol Problems
• Alcohol and Other Drug Problems Among Homeless Veterans: A Life-Course Theory of Forgiveness
• Alcohol Abuse in Marriage and Family Contexts: Relational Pathways to Recovery
• Recovery Across the Life Cycle from Alcohol/Other Drug Problems: Pathways, Styles, and Developmental Stages
• Index