Narcissism: A barrier to personal acceptance of the spiritual aspect of alcoholics anonymous

Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 85-100

  Hart, Kenneth E ^a   Huggett, Cherry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b University of Windsor ^*

Author keywords

12 steps; Alcoholics Anonymous; Dropout; Humility; Narcissism; Personality; Recovery; Relapse; Religion; Spirituality; Surrender; Treatment acceptability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; NARCISSISM; OUTPATIENT; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELAPSE; RELIGION; SELF HELP; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPIRITUAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644929742     PISSN: 07347324     EISSN: 15444538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J020v23n04_06     Document Type: Article

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