The 12 step AA program has helped many people with healing process by analyzing addiction as a spiritual formality, as Krista Tippet explains. Susan Cheever explains during her interview that giving them a sense of being alone and that being alone makes those feel that drugs and alcohol are the only kind of friend that was easy to have. Being in AA it was able to aid others in helping amongst themselves and believe that the higher power is within.
Susan Cheever, a Christian, mentions that during her experience with addictions who lack faith will live in a fear based life. When you have lack of trust you have lack of faith. She had learned when you tend these meetings you were not just meeting other people you were meeting yourself. They were expiernceing just as much as a loss as the other. AA for a time being was her higher power. There is something mysterious in Alcohol Anonymous she claims, and whether you call it god or not it makes people feel whole again. Although many people believe there is others ways dealing with recovery, there is plenty of evidence to support that religion can play a role in addiction recovery. It helps the believer find access to strength they did not have before or thought they had before. finds that it gives them access to strength that they did not have before. …show more content…
Many individuals do not chose religion in order to beat their problems. The idea that addiction is a spiritual disease is not accepted universally, but have clearly benefit people in
Susan Cheever, a Christian, mentions that during her experience with addictions who lack faith will live in a fear based life. When you have lack of trust you have lack of faith. She had learned when you tend these meetings you were not just meeting other people you were meeting yourself. They were expiernceing just as much as a loss as the other. AA for a time being was her higher power. There is something mysterious in Alcohol Anonymous she claims, and whether you call it god or not it makes people feel whole again. Although many people believe there is others ways dealing with recovery, there is plenty of evidence to support that religion can play a role in addiction recovery. It helps the believer find access to strength they did not have before or thought they had before. finds that it gives them access to strength that they did not have before. …show more content…
Many individuals do not chose religion in order to beat their problems. The idea that addiction is a spiritual disease is not accepted universally, but have clearly benefit people in