Finding god through the spirituality of the 12 steps of alcoholics anonymous

Religions

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 948-960

  Sandoz, Jeff ^a  

^a TROY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

12 Steps; Addiction recovery; God; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908242662     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20771444     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rel5040948     Document Type: Article

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