The literature reviewed for the article supports the idea that there is a spiritual change needed, but not to focus on the idea that spiritual is defined by the traditional experience but rather a “significant redirection of life defining attachments.” (as cited in Stewart & Koeske, 2005). Amongst several listed, two of the presented articles to support the authors are Spirtitual Chance in Treatment of Substance Dependence include citations from Bateson, and Steps toward an ecology of the mind by Fowler, J.W. In the study, the following testing instruments were used: the Multidimensional Measurement of Religiousness/Spirituality (MMRS), The Spiritual Well-Being Scale (SWB) and The Religious Orientation Scale (ROS) and test 70 clients from two separate 12 step substance abuse treatment programs. Of the participants there were two samples used, both volunteer treatment clients and mandated treatment clients. The results conclude that, “the overall spirituality of most clients appears to have changed significantly during the course of treatment” (Stewart & Koeske, 2005) The limitations were that there was no significant way to know which one helped which one, meaning, whether treatment itself helped increased spirituality or whether increased spirituality helped complete treatment; ultimately to be successful with gaining recovery from substance abuse (Stewart & Koeske, 2005). This supports my thesis in that; it takes more than just treatment to be successful. Treatment and spirituality are both common in people recovering from substance
The literature reviewed for the article supports the idea that there is a spiritual change needed, but not to focus on the idea that spiritual is defined by the traditional experience but rather a “significant redirection of life defining attachments.” (as cited in Stewart & Koeske, 2005). Amongst several listed, two of the presented articles to support the authors are Spirtitual Chance in Treatment of Substance Dependence include citations from Bateson, and Steps toward an ecology of the mind by Fowler, J.W. In the study, the following testing instruments were used: the Multidimensional Measurement of Religiousness/Spirituality (MMRS), The Spiritual Well-Being Scale (SWB) and The Religious Orientation Scale (ROS) and test 70 clients from two separate 12 step substance abuse treatment programs. Of the participants there were two samples used, both volunteer treatment clients and mandated treatment clients. The results conclude that, “the overall spirituality of most clients appears to have changed significantly during the course of treatment” (Stewart & Koeske, 2005) The limitations were that there was no significant way to know which one helped which one, meaning, whether treatment itself helped increased spirituality or whether increased spirituality helped complete treatment; ultimately to be successful with gaining recovery from substance abuse (Stewart & Koeske, 2005). This supports my thesis in that; it takes more than just treatment to be successful. Treatment and spirituality are both common in people recovering from substance