Conscience in Recovery from Alcohol Addiction: Exploring the Role of Spirituality in Conscientious Transformation

Description: Academic research in alcohol addiction presents diverse results and subject inadequacies. This study identifies conscience and its influence through spirituality on successful recovery as promoting unity and adequacy in the field. The purpose of the study is to analyze the relationship between conscience spirituality and recovery from alcohol addiction. This threefold framework underlines the conceptual importance of cognition affect behavior spirituality and character in addiction studies. Narrative analysis (NA) is employed for designing the present research. It is utilized for collection examination and formulation of the results derived from the participants stories. Semi-structured interviews are used within the NA framework to provide the data from the twelve participants. The latter are selected as a homogeneous group based on characteristics of their addiction spirituality and recovery. The analysis of narratives defines conscience with its cognitive emotive and conative elements as related to spirituality. The consciences nature and functioning undergo deterioration during addiction and complete rejuvenation through participants spiritual transformation of a transcendent divine experience. Spiritually empowered conscience supports progressive recovery from alcohol addiction. The conscientious approach to self life and others is shaped by virtue and spiritual commitment. About the Contributor(s): Yordan Kalev Zhekov holds two masters and a doctorate in theology as well as a masters in addiction psychology and counselling. He continues his research in developing conscience therapy on the professional doctorate programme at Middlesex University UK. Dr. Zhekov works in the field of homelessness and as a substance misuse counsellor. He is the author of Defining the New Testament Logia on Divorce and Remarriage in a Pluralistic Context (2009).