Monday, August 4, 2008

God - spirituality in healing addictions?

I was a monk for many years and have more recently been a specialist Director/Therapist in Rehabs and private practice. The wounds of addiction run so deep in the person that needs a deeper belief and spiritual practice to heal....So:
  • They will have huge amounts of guilt over things they've done in active addiction!
  • They will need to find strength from somewhere else to beat the cravings etc.
  • They need to change themselves and live by new standards... contributing to their world. They need to learn to self-accept... spirituality aids this.
But, a 'real' spiritual discipline needs to be established in order to secure 'long-term recovery'... by 'real' I mean one that is challenging and requires guidance in order to grow... also the influence of psychotherapy in modern spirituality has helped understand some of this process... so a guide can 'measure' health/quality of recovery too!

Sunday, August 3, 2008

what's wrong with rehab?

Standard Rehab lacks both clinical and spiritual depth... It follows a model ill suited to counseling - 12 steps... and counseling is more often than not inadequate to cope with the severe traumas etc. that addicts have.
Surely more genuine spiritual models offer a viable alternative to cope with addiction.
Sadly we are one of the few orgs. that offer an alternative that's backed up by years of experience at advanced levels of 'soul-care'. [see www.innercare.org] ... check it out!