Spiritual Care For Boomers
What is Spirituality?
One of the most important aspects of your addiction treatment at Hanley Center is spiritual care and counseling. By no means do we equate spirituality and religion; instead, we believe that spirituality reaches deeper – beyond religious traditions – to the very foundation of your life.
Spirituality encompasses a sense of hope, self-worth, and purpose in life, all of which significantly affect your quality of life and sense of wellness.
We believe that spirituality is the set of personal convictions that influence your daily life through your thoughts, deeds, verbal communications, and relationships with yourself, others and your higher power.
Spirituality and Baby Boomers
Men, women, older adults and even Baby Boomers tend to approach spirituality differently. Baby Boomers comprise the “Me” generation. They came of age with a strong sense of idealism and adventure. They believe they can “fix” their problems through self-help books and gurus.
Baby Boomers tend to be open about new ideas and may have a lot of knowledge about self-actualization and spirituality, but they don’t act on their knowledge and put it into practice. Boomers need practicality. If spirituality doesn’t have a practical application, then it’s not very useful to them.
At Hanley Center, your spiritual care counselor will help you overcome these obstacles and help you discover your Higher Power. He or she will help you formulate a spiritual transformation that will lead to individual freedom and a meaningful spirituality for your continuous recovery from drug and alcohol abuse.
Spiritual Care for Addiction Treatment and Recovery
The 12-Step spiritual principles taught and experienced at Hanley Center are vital to the ongoing success of Baby Boomers in recovery. They enable you to let go of old behaviors and feelings of shame and guilt that trapped you in a cycle of addiction.
They empower you to tap into your own spiritual resources to promote peace of mind, restore injured relationships, and foster sobriety on the journey to recovery.
At Hanley Center, the chaplain’s ministry is one of comforting presence and unconditional love, which focuses on fostering peace and the well-being of the whole person. Through spiritual counseling and activities, Baby Boomers come to realize that addiction to drugs and alcohol compromises the quality of their relationships and daily life.
