Spirituality, drugs, and alcohol: A philosophical analysis

Robert Walker; Theodore M. Godlaski; Michele Staton-Tindall

doi:10.3109/10826084.2013.799020

Spirituality, drugs, and alcohol: A philosophical analysis

Robert Walker
, Theodore M. Godlaski
, Michele Staton-Tindall

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Spirituality has long been associated with recovery from the socially constructed "addictive disease." Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and its analogs have enjoyed widespread acceptance as a spiritual approach for achieving recovery. AA or its derivatives are the predominant approaches in treatment programs even though a wide array of evidence-based approaches are now promoted by governmental sources in the United States. This philosophical analysis contrasts the state of science about addictive disorders with the reliance on a spiritual approach that is heavily grounded in Christian theology. We present four problems that need consideration before accepting the applicability of 12-step spiritual practices as the backbone of addiction treatment or recovery.

Idioma original	English
Páginas (desde-hasta)	1233-1245
Número de páginas	13
Publicación	Substance Use and Misuse
Volumen	48
N.º	12
DOI	https://doi.org/10.3109/10826084.2013.799020
Estado	Published - sept 2013

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Project match: A fairly large experiment funded by the National Institute on Drug abuse and the National In-stitute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism in the United States to determine whether matching patients to spe-cific treatments based on patient characteristics im-proved treatment outcome. Results indicated that treat-ment matching did not seem to have significant effect on outcome.

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Project match: A fairly large experiment funded by the National Institute on Drug abuse and the National In-stitute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism in the United States to determine whether matching patients to spe-cific treatments based on patient characteristics im-proved treatment outcome. Results indicated that treat-ment matching did not seem to have significant effect on outcome.

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National In-stitute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Author National Institute on Drug Abuse DA031791 Mark J Ferris National Institute on Drug Abuse DA006634 Mark J Ferris National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism AA026117 Mark J Ferris National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism AA028162 Elizabeth G Pitts National Institute of General Medical Sciences GM102773 Elizabeth G Pitts Peter McManus Charitable Trust Mark J Ferris National Institute on Drug Abuse

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Medicine (miscellaneous)
Health(social science)
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Psychiatry and Mental health

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