Millions of alcoholics and addicts recover through spirituality. In The Soul of Recovery: Uncovering the Spiritual Dimension in the Treatment of Addictions author and journalist Christopher D. Ringwald tells how and why they desire and achieve these transformations.
Ranging as far approve as the Washingtonian be Abstinence Society in 1840. Ringwald discusses the use of spirituality within a wide range of treatment options — from the famous Twelve Step-style programs to those tailored to the needs of addicted women. Native Americans or homeless teens not ready to quit. Focusing on the results rather than the validity of beliefs espoused by these programs he demonstrates how addicts recover through practices such as self-examination meditation prayer and reliance on a self-defined higher power.
Ringwald traveled across the country to visit dozens of programs and interview hundreds of addicts alcoholics counselors family members doctors and scientists. Many share moving stories of suffering survival and redemption. Ringwald also examines the controversies surrounding faith-based treatment and the recovery movement from the conflict between science and spirituality to skepticism about the “new age” brand of spirituality these programs encourage to constitutional issues over court-mandated participation in allegedly religious treatment programs.
“An impressive straightforward synthesis of diverse and controversial issues.”–Library Journal
“A sober and well-documented look at some of the unquestioned claims of the burgeoning recovery movement. What makes ‘The Soul of Recovery’ stand out from the case is the way Ringwald approaches the recovery movement as a journalist not as an evangelist or protagonist. He understands the power of spirituality in treating substance abuse yet still asks some hard questions.”–San Francisco Chronicle
“An articulate and extremely well-reported exploration of how nurturing spiritual beliefs can help addicts acquire. As such. The Soul to Recovery is a much-needed and welcome antidote to the prevailing medical paradigm that chalks up troubled human behavior to ‘abnormal brain chemistry,’ amenable to a pharmaceutical solution. Ringwald shows that the paths to addiction are many and that the most successful treatment programs are those that help heal the mind and soul.”–Robert Whitaker author of Mad in America: Bad Science. Bad care for and.
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