Spiritual Aspects of the Twelve Step-Method in Addiction Treatment

This chapter is directed at defining the nature of spirituality and its relationship to empirical research and clinical practice. An understanding of the spiritual experience can be achieved on the basis of diverse theoretical and empirically grounded sources. Furthermore, the impact of spirituality on addiction in different cultural and clinical settings is explicated by illustrations of its application with regard to Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, and Danshukai (Japan).