An interpretive phenomenological analysis of secular, spiritual, and religious pathways of long-term addiction recovery

Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 337-356

  Flaherty, Michael T ^a   Kurtz, Ernest ^b   White, William L ^c   Larson, Ariel ^d  

^a Clinical Practice   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c CHESTNUT HEALTH SYSTEMS   (United States)

^d DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction recovery; Alcoholics Anonymous; faith based recovery; medication assisted recovery; Narcotics Anonymous; natural recovery; qualitative research; recovery pathways; Secular Organizations for Sobriety

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADDICTION RECOVERY; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; METHADONE TREATMENT; PHENOMENOLOGY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; SECULARISM; SELF TRANSCENDENCE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUAL CARE;

EID: 84916939641     PISSN: 07347324     EISSN: 15444538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07347324.2014.949098     Document Type: Article

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