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Spirituality and Chemical Dependency
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Spirituality and Chemical Dependency shares current thinking on how spirituality is used in recovery from alcoholism and other forms of chemical dependency. The 12-Step programs have been the most successful form of treatment thus far; you will find the insight in this book to be revealing as to why. Each of the contributors has devoted a significant part of his or her life to help those suffering from chemical addiction. In each chapter, the author gives ideas on specific aspects of spirituality in the 12-Step context and answers the ever-important question "So what?!" to provide guidelines for healthy spirituality in the addicted person.
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Index
Adoration, prayers of, 104
Adult children of dysfunctional families, spirituality of, 7
African Americans
AA whiteness and, 45
church communities of, 47
Alaskan Natives
“bar culture” of, 190
self-vs. perceived identity of, 188
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
historical perspective of, 120–122
maleness of, 44–45, 47
“power greater than ourselves” concept of, 43–44
Serenity Prayer of, 106–107
special interest groups of, 45, 167–168, 189
spiritual reading and, 49–50
See also Applied spirituality; individual Steps
Alcoholism
effects of on faith, 41–42
“ism” phenomenon of, 131
pre-alcoholism stage: context of addiction and, 41
religion vs. spirituality in, 7–8
trauma prior to, 39–40
See also individual Steps; Spiritual recovery of an alcoholic with HIV
Alcoholism: A Merry-Go-Round Named Denial (Kellerman), 21
Alcoholism effects on spirituality
counseling’s spiritual dimensions and, 21–22
denial and, 19–21
spiritual disease concept and, 22–29
distortion of concept of God and, 26–27
incapacity to relate to the Infinite, 23
rejected by and rejecting God, 28–29
seeking vs. escaping in, 28
sickness as a lack of health and, 22
spiritual progression chart, 24–25
downward spiral, 26–29
hitting bottom, 29, 30
spiritual recovery, 29–36
Alienation, spiritual disease symptom, 27
Amends, making of in Step Nine, 98
American Association for Music Therapy, 148
American Psychiatric Association, homosexuality as an illness and, 184
American Red Cross, 174
Anger management, music therapy lyric analysis for, 155–156
Applied spirituality
achieving balance to, 131
activities which manifest
day-to-day activities, 122–123...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- A New Understanding of Spirituality
- The Effects of Alcoholism and Recovery on Spirituality
- Defining God or a Higher Power: The Spiritual Center of Recovery
- Spiritual Reading as Bibliotherapy
- Self-Examination in Addiction Recovery: Notes on Steps 4 and 10
- The Clergyperson and the Fifth Step
- Steps Eight and Nine of Alcoholics Anonymous
- Prayer and Meditation in Addiction Recovery
- Applied Spirituality: Expressing Love and Service
- Spirituality, Art Therapy, and the Chemically Dependent Person
- Music Therapy, Spirituality, and Chemically Dependent Clients
- Never Too Late: The Spiritual Recovery of an Alcoholic with HIV
- Spiritual Exiles in Their Own Homelands: Gays, Lesbians, and Native Americans
- About the Contributors
- Index