Association of spirituality and sobriety during a behavioral spirituality intervention for Twelve Step (TS) recovery.
Twelve-Step (TS) recovery utilizes spirituality to promote sobriety, yet there are no proven programs designed to facilitate spiritual involvement. We developed a seven-week behavioral spirituality intervention titled "Knowing Your Higher Power" for implementation along with usual TS care. Twenty-six participants from a recovery center enrolled. We assessed behavior at baseline, 7-week, and 12-week follow-up. The sample showed significant increase in spiritual involvement and beliefs over the 12-week measurement period and a significantly greater spirituality score in those maintaining total sobriety compared to those that relapsed. These findings encourage a controlled trial to determine if this work has efficacy for practitioners in substance abuse treatment.
Brown
Anthony E
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Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77098, USA. anthonyb@bcm.edu
Pavlik
Valory N
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Shegog
Ross
R
Whitney
Simon N
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Friedman
Lois C
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Romero
Catherine
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Davis
George Christopher
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Cech
Irina
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Kosten
Thomas R
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Volk
Robert J
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D000437:Alcoholism / Q000534:rehabilitation; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D055502:Secondary Prevention; D012657:Self-Help Groups / Q000458:organization & administration*; D029181:Spirituality; D016320:Substance Abuse Treatment Centers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013695:Temperance; D016896:Treatment Outcome