Religion and the Recovery of Addicted Women |
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Authors: | Norma Haston Turner Kristi J. O'Dell Gayle D. Weaver |
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Affiliation: | (1) School of Allied Health Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX;(2) School of Medicine, University of Alabama at, Huntsville;(3) Allied Health Sciences at the, University of Texas Medical Branch, USA |
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Abstract: | Personal interviews were conducted with 102 African-American and Anglo-American women in Texas coastal communities to determine the involvement of religious organizations in women's initiation and maintenance of recovery from drug addiction, the extent of women's help-seeking for recovery, and women's spiritual needs. Means, frequencies, chi squares, Pearson's correlations, and one-way ANOVAs were used to describe the data. Religious organizations helped about one-third of the women to begin or stay in recovery, primarily through counseling or ministering to spiritual needs. Only one-fourth of the women had sought help from churches. The predominant spiritual needs were forgiveness, love, and understanding. Implications for research and outreach are given. |
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