Abstract
A patient’s positive attitude and his commitment to therapy goals are of central importance to the treatment of alcoholism. Denial of the illness, on the other hand, leads many alcoholics to drop out of treatment. It is, therefore, important to improve the means by which we may achieve a successful transformation in the alcoholic’s attitudes. This chapter reviews material from a number of studies1–6 conducted in two religious sects. It examines the marked transformations reported by sect members regarding social intoxicant use, as achieved through religious conversion. These findings are then related to the social psychology of altering patterns of intoxicant use.
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Galanter, M. (1982). Altered Use of Social Intoxicants After Religious Conversion. In: Solomon, J. (eds) Alcoholism and Clinical Psychiatry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4028-7_4
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