Sellman John D, Baker Michael P, Adamson Simon J, Geering Lloyd G
National Addiction Centre, University of Otago Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 2007 Oct;41(10):800-8. doi: 10.1080/00048670701579074.
The purpose of the present paper was to explore the concept and experience of God in relation to recovery from drug addiction from a scientific perspective. Examination of a diverse literature was undertaken, including five key threads: the universality of the experience of God; the induction of spiritual experiences of God through hallucinogenic drugs; the nature of drug addiction from an evolutionary neurobiological perspective; the 12 Step movement as the prototype for the place of God in recovery from drug addiction; and identified ingredients for successful recovery from addiction. The diverse threads of literature examined can be integrated around the concept of higher power as an important factor in recovery from drug addiction. Higher power can be manifested in individuals in diverse ways: religious, ethnic, spiritual including the use of entheogens, as well as cognitive behavioural development, but a common final pathway for all is the strengthening of executive functions (the brain's 'higher power'). Practical implications for assisting people with drug addiction to achieve recovery through their own experience of God/development of higher power are outlined.
本文的目的是从科学角度探讨与戒毒康复相关的上帝概念和体验。我们对各种文献进行了审视，包括五条关键线索：对上帝体验的普遍性；通过致幻药物引发对上帝的精神体验；从进化神经生物学角度看成瘾的本质；作为上帝在戒毒康复中地位原型的12步康复法运动；以及确定的成功戒毒康复要素。所审视的不同文献线索可以围绕更高力量这一概念进行整合，更高力量是戒毒康复的一个重要因素。更高力量在个体身上可以有多种表现方式：宗教的、种族的、精神层面的（包括使用致幻剂）以及认知行为发展，但对所有人来说共同的最终途径是强化执行功能（大脑的“更高力量”）。文中概述了协助吸毒成瘾者通过自身对上帝的体验/更高力量的发展来实现康复的实际意义。
