Research on Alcoholics Anonymous and Spirituality in Addiction Recovery

It was once taken for granted that peer-assisted groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous had no “real†value in recovery from addiction. More recently, evidence-based medicine is recognizing a spiritual component in healing—especially when it comes to addiction. The newest edition of Recent Developments in Alcoholism reflects this change by focusing on the 12-step model of recovery as well as mindfulness meditation and other spiritually oriented activity. More than thirty contributors bring tog