Addiction rehab and spirituality: Can the two be separated?
- March 9, 2010 1:24 PM |
- By POV
A Winnipeg man who has struggled with alcoholism for decades says he has filed a complaint with the Manitoba Human Rights Commission over the lack of a treatment program that's free of religious or spiritual elements.
Rob Johnstone said he has battled alcoholism for 40 years and can't find a treatment program that doesn't rely on religion or spirituality as part of the recovery process.
"I should not be forced to participate in someone else's religious beliefs. I shouldn't have to add to mine," said Johnstone, who added he has been an alcoholic for 40 years.
Johnstone said his faith-neutral stance to his own treatment prompted him to be dismissed from an intense residential 12-step program at the Addictions Foundation of Manitoba (AFM), a provincially run rehabilitation initiative.
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The Addictions Foundation of Manitoba believes that recovery relies on at least some element of spiritual -- but not necessarily religious -- belief. What do you think? Take our poll.
Rob Johnstone said he has battled alcoholism for 40 years and can't find a treatment program that doesn't rely on religion or spirituality as part of the recovery process.
"I should not be forced to participate in someone else's religious beliefs. I shouldn't have to add to mine," said Johnstone, who added he has been an alcoholic for 40 years.
Johnstone said his faith-neutral stance to his own treatment prompted him to be dismissed from an intense residential 12-step program at the Addictions Foundation of Manitoba (AFM), a provincially run rehabilitation initiative.
Read more:
The Addictions Foundation of Manitoba believes that recovery relies on at least some element of spiritual -- but not necessarily religious -- belief. What do you think? Take our poll.
(This poll is not scientific. It is based on readers' votes.)
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