Walking in Balance: Native American Recovery Programmes

This article reviews Native American ritual practices, frameworks and key concepts employed by several substance abuse treatments centres in the U.S. and Canada. It also examines the way Alcoholics Anonymous’ Twelve Step programme has been modified to attract and serve the needs of Native Americans...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Religions
Main Author: Suzanne Owen
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014
Subjects:
native American
aboriginal Canadian
twelve step
medicine wheel
community
elders
balance
wellbeing
Religions. Mythology. Rationalism
BL1-2790
Canada
First Nations
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3390/rel5041037
https://doaj.org/article/15d618a50f864a28923d422983f3910f
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Summary:This article reviews Native American ritual practices, frameworks and key concepts employed by several substance abuse treatments centres in the U.S. and Canada. It also examines the way Alcoholics Anonymous’ Twelve Step programme has been modified to attract and serve the needs of Native Americans and First Nations and its potential impact on the ritual practices. Native concepts of wellbeing are highlighted and linked to the idea of living in “balance”.

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