"This article was co-authored with Dr. Justin Bell, Assistant Research Scientist at Chestnut Health Systems, first author on the underlying study, and a specialist in addiction recovery. Over 29.3 million Americans consider themselves in recovery from drug addiction. Some return to drugs, but some recover long-term. Once people hit five years in recovery, then, according to the NIAAA, the risk of returning to addiction drops dramatically, even to that of the general population."
"To find out, we ran a 6-month study of 132 people who were mostly in long-term recovery. We focused on something rarely examined in addiction research: beliefs about the world itself. Psychologists call these primal world beliefs: our most basic assumptions about what kind of world we live in. Most primal world beliefs boil down into three main ones: the belief that the world is Safe (versus dangerous), Enticing (versus ugly and boring), and Alive (versus cold and mechanistic)."
A six-month study of 132 mostly long-term recovery participants examined how primal world beliefs influence recovery capital. Primal world beliefs were categorized as Safe (versus dangerous), Enticing (versus ugly and boring), and Alive (versus cold and mechanistic). Recovery capital encompassed internal and external resources that sustain recovery, such as friends, hope, purpose, and family. Results showed that seeing the world as enticing — rich with beauty and meaning — correlated with stronger recovery resources. The belief that the world is safe showed only a slight relation. Spirituality supported recovery most strongly when combined with a belief that the world is intentional and responsive.
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