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Spirituality, contentment, and stress in recovering alcoholics.

Poage ED, Ketzenberger KE, Olson J

Program Director, Chemical Dependency Counselor Program, Midland Community College, Midland, TX, USA.

The relationships among length of sobriety, spirituality, contentment, and stress were examined in a sample of recovering alcoholics attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. Length of sobriety was significantly associated with spirituality but not with contentment or stress. Spirituality and contentment were also positively related. There were significant gender differences in the relationships among spirituality, contentment, and stress level. Spirituality was significantly correlated with lower stress for women but not for men. Men's contentment was significantly related to lower stress levels, but contentment and stress was nonsignificant for women.

Published 8 November 2004 in Addict Behav, 29(9): 1857-62.
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