Moral Injury on the Home Front: Can a New Approach Provide Fresh Insight into Spirituality and Alcoholism?

• Main Author: Van Herik, Edward
• Format: Others
• Published: ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University 2015
• Subjects: Moral Injury; Alcoholism; Veterans; Alcoholics Anonymous; Celebrate Recovery
• Online Access: http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/rs_theses/49; http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1049&context=rs_theses

My thesis will begin to examine alcoholism and recovery through the lens of moral injury, especially in relationship to the use of spirituality language and the often-invoked correlation between spirituality and sobriety. Through a literature review and interviews with abstaining alcoholics, I will unpack some of the implications of considering alcoholism through the lens of moral injury and begin to frame and examine some of the questions inherent in that consideration. By so doing, I hope to offer a fresh look into those aspects of recovery that fall within the Religious Studies purview.