Spirituality and Alcoholics’ Self-Help Groups

• Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) – Christian Spirituality

• Danshukai (in Japan) – Zen Buddhist Spirituality

Theravada Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism

Mahayana Buddhism

Zen Buddhism

Danshukai(alcoholic) members do not sit like this!

Baroni, Helen Josephine (2002)

H.E. Davey (2007) Berkeley, CA: Stone Bridge

Dȏ = “Way” or “Art”

The Dȏ concept

Dȏ = “Art”

Aikidȏ

Sadȏ

Kendȏ

Shodȏ

Zen Buddhism

Dȏ = “Way”, “Art”

No-mind, No-self

Spiritual Growth

Practice, Practice, Practice

Kadȏ

Danshu Dô JôWakayamaAbstinence Way PlaceA place name

Danshudȏ

Way (Art) of Abstinence

ReflectionGratitude

Repayment

Danshudȏ Spirituality

Medicalisation

Self-Help Groups

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Danshudȏ Spirituality

Spiritual growth

More members

More volunteers

Medicalisation

Lower self-image

Fewer members

Fewer volunteers