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Trauma, Substance Dependence and Religious Coping: A Narrative Spiritual Appraisal in Faith-Based Recovery Programs
Journal of Empirical Theology Pub Date : 2018-04-20 , DOI: 10.1163/15709256-12341369
Srdjan Sremac 1
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The purpose of this article is to understand how people with substance dependence problems employ testimonies of spiritual transformation to develop, cope and sustain a sense of personal identity and create meaning from conflicting (traumatic) life experiences. The quest to undo the struggling with substance dependence is seen as a spiritual attempt to reconfigure the person’s ‘spoiled identity’. Drawing on 31 autobiographies of people who recovered from substance dependence problems I analyzed their conversion testimonies in two European contexts (Serbia and the Netherlands, including a sample of immigrants). It draws on the observation that substance dependence often (though certainly not always) develops in response to life crises or trauma and identity confusion, while spiritual transformation, including religious conversion, can foster recovery. The study focuses specifically of the role of testimony in reconstructing a viable narrative of the self, accounting for trauma, substance dependence experience, and conversion and embedding in different social, cultural, and spiritual contexts. Finally, suggestions for the helping professions and care providers of substance dependence service will be offered.

中文翻译:

创伤、物质依赖和宗教应对:基于信仰的康复计划中的叙事精神评估

本文的目的是了解有物质依赖问题的人如何利用精神转变的见证来发展、应对和维持个人身份感,并从冲突(创伤性)生活经历中创造意义。寻求摆脱物质依赖的挣扎被视为重新配置人“被破坏的身份”的精神尝试。我利用 31 份从物质依赖问题中恢复过来的人的自传,分析了他们在两个欧洲背景下(塞尔维亚和荷兰,包括移民样本)的皈依证词。它借鉴了以下观察结果:物质依赖经常(尽管肯定不总是)随着生活危机或创伤和身份混乱而发展,而精神转变,包括宗教皈依,可以促进康复。该研究特别关注证词在重建可行的自我叙述、解释创伤、物质依赖体验以及转换和嵌入不同社会、文化和精神环境中的作用。最后,将对物质依赖服务的帮助专业和护理提供者提出建议。
更新日期:2018-04-20
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