Otto
08-09-2003, 12:26 PM
In article <vh8Za.2933$Ih1.1214944@newssrv26.news.prodigy.com>, Markus
<markusx14u@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Hint for the mentally challenged: There is a whole world outside of AA that
> doesn't accept 12 step non-sense.
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The foundations of the clinic's growth and success is our nationally
recognized clinical program, which cooperates completely with such
12-Step programs as Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous. Our
experience is unsurpassed in the field and is unique in emerging
directly from its source. Ours is the only program praised in both The
100 Best Treatment Centers for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse and Rehab: A
Comprehensive Guide to Recommended Drug-Alcohol Treatment Centers in
the United States. We are fully certified at the highest level by CARF,
the internationally recognized Commission on Accreditation for
Rehabilitation Facilities. We have been the object of a three-month
study by visiting Russian physicians and treatment specialists who need
successful and cost-effective means to address their country's serious
and geographically widespread problems with addiction.
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Programs emphasizing the spiritually oriented "12-step" approach to
addiction save money and promote abstinence more effectively than
treatment programs that emphasize practical coping skills, say
researchers at the Stanford School of Medicine.
Those from the 12-step-oriented programs slice their long-term health
care costs by more than half by turning to community-based self-help
groups rather than to professional services, say the researchers. They
are also significantly more likely to remain abstinent.
"Groups like Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous are taking a
huge burden off of the health care system," said Keith Humphreys. "We
found that addiction treatment programs are more effective and less
expensive when they link patients to spiritually-based self-help
groups."
Humphreys, assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, is
the lead author of the study published in the May issue of Alcoholism:
Clinical and Experimental Research. Humphreys is also the associate
director of the Program Evaluation and Resource Center at the VA Palo
Alto Health Care System in Menlo Park.
Rudolph Moos is a professor of psychiatry and behavioral health
sciences at Stanford University Medical Center and the director of the
VA Center for Health Care Evaluation.
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Ttreatment programs based on the Twelve Steps, coupled with
probationary or post-release involvement in AA, can dramatically reduce
recidivism and restore many former offenders to lawful, productive
lives. A Delaware study showed that prison inmates who completed 12-15
months of treatment inside the walls and attended AA and counseling for
at least six months after they were paroled were twice as likely to
remain drug-free. In my state of Oklahoma, the recidivism rate for
parolees who completed 28 months of AA-based treatment was 11.5
percent. Of a comparable group of inmates who had no treatment or AA
involvement, nearly one-third returned to prison. In Massachusetts,
just 5 percent of a studied cohort had jobs prior to AA-based
treatment; after treatment, 41 percent of them were working. Most
states can report similar data, on indicators ranging from criminal
activity to family stability. It appears that nationally, about half of
all alcoholics and drug addicts who complete treatment programs and/or
at least a year in AA or a comparable Twelve Step program are clean and
sober five years later. As anyone knows who has ever witnessed the AA
transformation in a friend, coworker, or family member, sincere and
genuine recovery from addiction is the closest thing to a miracle
you're likely to see.
- Gov. Frank Keating
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"The significance of spirituality in substance abuse treatment has been
acknowledged for many years due to widespread recognition of the
therapeutic value of 12-step programs"
"The mental health professions have a long history of ignoring and
pathologizing spirituality. For instance, Albert Ellis asserts, "The
less religious [patients] are, the more emotionally healthy they will
tend to be" (Ellis, 1980, p. 637). But the data show otherwise:
spiritualiy is overwhelmingly associated with positive mental health."
- Dr. D. Lukoff
David Lukoff, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist in California and
Professor of Psychology at Saybrook Graduate School in San Francisco.
He is author of over 50 articles and chapters on spiritual issues and
mental health, one of which won the Exemplary Paper award from the
Templeton Foundation. He is co-author of the DSM IV category "Religious
or Spiritual Problem" and lectures internationally on spirituality in
mental health and mental illness. He trained in psychology and
anthropology at the University of Chicago, Harvard, and Loyola
University of Chicago, and has been a member of the faculties of
Harvard, UCLA, Oxnard College, California Institute of Integral
Studies, and the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology. He is
co-president of the Association for Transpersonal Psychology, on the
Board of Directors of the International Society for Mental Health
Online, and is on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Humanistic
Psychology and the Journal of Transpersonal Psychology. He has taught
over 500 psychologists, social workers, MFTs, and nurses at Marin
County Mental Health, Agnews State Hospital, CSPP, Sonoma State,
Saybrook Graduate School, CIIS. He has taught online courses for 10
years, authored, and has been called a pioneer of continuing education.
------------------------------------
"the proven effectiveness of the A.A. approach to alcoholism or drug
addiction" ... "we specifically acknowledged A.A.'s "proven
effectiveness"
- NY State Supreme Court
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--
"There are types entirely normal in every respect except in the effect alcohol
has upon them. They are often able, intelligent, friendly people." Dr.
Silkworth
<markusx14u@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Hint for the mentally challenged: There is a whole world outside of AA that
> doesn't accept 12 step non-sense.
-----------------------------------------
The foundations of the clinic's growth and success is our nationally
recognized clinical program, which cooperates completely with such
12-Step programs as Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous. Our
experience is unsurpassed in the field and is unique in emerging
directly from its source. Ours is the only program praised in both The
100 Best Treatment Centers for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse and Rehab: A
Comprehensive Guide to Recommended Drug-Alcohol Treatment Centers in
the United States. We are fully certified at the highest level by CARF,
the internationally recognized Commission on Accreditation for
Rehabilitation Facilities. We have been the object of a three-month
study by visiting Russian physicians and treatment specialists who need
successful and cost-effective means to address their country's serious
and geographically widespread problems with addiction.
-------------------------------------
Programs emphasizing the spiritually oriented "12-step" approach to
addiction save money and promote abstinence more effectively than
treatment programs that emphasize practical coping skills, say
researchers at the Stanford School of Medicine.
Those from the 12-step-oriented programs slice their long-term health
care costs by more than half by turning to community-based self-help
groups rather than to professional services, say the researchers. They
are also significantly more likely to remain abstinent.
"Groups like Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous are taking a
huge burden off of the health care system," said Keith Humphreys. "We
found that addiction treatment programs are more effective and less
expensive when they link patients to spiritually-based self-help
groups."
Humphreys, assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, is
the lead author of the study published in the May issue of Alcoholism:
Clinical and Experimental Research. Humphreys is also the associate
director of the Program Evaluation and Resource Center at the VA Palo
Alto Health Care System in Menlo Park.
Rudolph Moos is a professor of psychiatry and behavioral health
sciences at Stanford University Medical Center and the director of the
VA Center for Health Care Evaluation.
---------------------------------
Ttreatment programs based on the Twelve Steps, coupled with
probationary or post-release involvement in AA, can dramatically reduce
recidivism and restore many former offenders to lawful, productive
lives. A Delaware study showed that prison inmates who completed 12-15
months of treatment inside the walls and attended AA and counseling for
at least six months after they were paroled were twice as likely to
remain drug-free. In my state of Oklahoma, the recidivism rate for
parolees who completed 28 months of AA-based treatment was 11.5
percent. Of a comparable group of inmates who had no treatment or AA
involvement, nearly one-third returned to prison. In Massachusetts,
just 5 percent of a studied cohort had jobs prior to AA-based
treatment; after treatment, 41 percent of them were working. Most
states can report similar data, on indicators ranging from criminal
activity to family stability. It appears that nationally, about half of
all alcoholics and drug addicts who complete treatment programs and/or
at least a year in AA or a comparable Twelve Step program are clean and
sober five years later. As anyone knows who has ever witnessed the AA
transformation in a friend, coworker, or family member, sincere and
genuine recovery from addiction is the closest thing to a miracle
you're likely to see.
- Gov. Frank Keating
------------------------------------
"The significance of spirituality in substance abuse treatment has been
acknowledged for many years due to widespread recognition of the
therapeutic value of 12-step programs"
"The mental health professions have a long history of ignoring and
pathologizing spirituality. For instance, Albert Ellis asserts, "The
less religious [patients] are, the more emotionally healthy they will
tend to be" (Ellis, 1980, p. 637). But the data show otherwise:
spiritualiy is overwhelmingly associated with positive mental health."
- Dr. D. Lukoff
David Lukoff, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist in California and
Professor of Psychology at Saybrook Graduate School in San Francisco.
He is author of over 50 articles and chapters on spiritual issues and
mental health, one of which won the Exemplary Paper award from the
Templeton Foundation. He is co-author of the DSM IV category "Religious
or Spiritual Problem" and lectures internationally on spirituality in
mental health and mental illness. He trained in psychology and
anthropology at the University of Chicago, Harvard, and Loyola
University of Chicago, and has been a member of the faculties of
Harvard, UCLA, Oxnard College, California Institute of Integral
Studies, and the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology. He is
co-president of the Association for Transpersonal Psychology, on the
Board of Directors of the International Society for Mental Health
Online, and is on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Humanistic
Psychology and the Journal of Transpersonal Psychology. He has taught
over 500 psychologists, social workers, MFTs, and nurses at Marin
County Mental Health, Agnews State Hospital, CSPP, Sonoma State,
Saybrook Graduate School, CIIS. He has taught online courses for 10
years, authored, and has been called a pioneer of continuing education.
------------------------------------
"the proven effectiveness of the A.A. approach to alcoholism or drug
addiction" ... "we specifically acknowledged A.A.'s "proven
effectiveness"
- NY State Supreme Court
-------------------------------------
--
"There are types entirely normal in every respect except in the effect alcohol
has upon them. They are often able, intelligent, friendly people." Dr.
Silkworth