Association of spirituality and sobriety during a behavioral spirituality intervention for Twelve Step (TS) recovery

Anthony E. Brown; Valory N. Pavlik; Ross Shegog; Simon N. Whitney; Lois C. Friedman; Catherine Romero; George Christopher Davis; Irina Cech; Thomas R. Kosten; Robert J. Volk

doi:10.1080/00952990701407686

Association of spirituality and sobriety during a behavioral spirituality intervention for Twelve Step (TS) recovery

Anthony E. Brown, Valory N. Pavlik, Ross Shegog, Simon N. Whitney, Lois C. Friedman, Catherine Romero, George Christopher Davis, Irina Cech, Thomas R. Kosten, Robert J. Volk

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	611-617
Number of pages	7
Journal	American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
Volume	33
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00952990701407686
State	Published - Jul 2007

Keywords

12-step
Alcoholics anonymous
Religion
Spirituality
Substance abuse

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Medicine (miscellaneous)
Clinical Psychology
Psychiatry and Mental health

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