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Wellness and Spirituality
“…According to the International Consensus Conference on Spiritual Care in Health Care, spirituality is “the way individuals seek ultimate meaning, purpose, connection, value, or transcendence.” This could include organized religion but extends well beyond to include ways of finding ultimate meaning by connecting, for example, to family, community, or nature.… ‘Overlooking spirituality leaves patients feeling disconnected from the health care system and the clinicians trying to care for them,” said Koh. “Integrating spirituality into care can help each person have a better chance of reaching complete well-being and their highest attainable standard of health.”
(Harvard Gazette, 2022, Spirituality Linked With Better Outcomes and Patient Care )
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Spiritual Well-being and Recovery
“…Study identified 39 recovery elements that make up the definition of recovery. The elements are grouped into five areas: abstinence in recovery, essentials of recovery, enriched recovery, spirituality of recovery and uncommon elements of recovery.
Recovery is …
… being honest with myself
… being able to enjoy life without drinking or using drugs like I used to
… living a life that contributes to society, to your family or to your betterment
… being the kind of person that people can count on
… about giving back
… striving to be consistent with my beliefs and values in activities that take up the major part of my time and energy.”
(American Society of Addictions Medicine, 2021, What is Recovery?)
Ecospirituality and Recovery
“Ecospirituality reconnects us to nature and lets us recognize how the Earth greatly influences our belief systems. For example, Jainism — a minority religion of India — implements the concept ahimsa (non-violence), where humans must reduce the negative impacts that they have on the environment and towards other life forms. This way of thinking brings us to reflect more directly on our own relationship with nature and how we can reduce the harm that we bring upon the Earth, animals, and each other. In short, ecospirituality acts as an important thought process pushing us towards understanding alternative ways of environmental and social activism.
You might be familiar with Buddhism, but did you know that there are many other religions and belief systems that also have an inherent understanding of the environment and our relationship with the Earth?”
(Institute for Ecological Civilization, 2022)
Restorative Rose Ministry Supports Harm Reduction in Recovery
Restorative Rose Ministry champions harm reduction strategies that promote life-saving practices in everyday scenarios, while hold space for others to empower themselves, such as recycling, seat belts, sunscreen, designated drivers, birth control, safe drinking or substance usage methods and facilities.
Supports (MAT) because…
Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT/MOUD) refers to the use of prescribed medication to support recovery from substance use disorder (SUD). It helps lessen cravings and withdrawal symptoms, which is important to avoid the dangers of quitting suddenly, such as overdose or relapse. This approach is similar to treating serious conditions like cancer with chemotherapy, diabetes with insulin, and mental health issues with ongoing medication. MAT/MOUD has been successfully used in medicine for chronic and serious illnesses that were once thought to be hopeless cases.
“Change your thoughts, change your life” ~Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
Mental Illness and Crime
“…The best epidemiological evidence (Swanson, et, al, 1990) which comes from the United States indicates that individuals with major mental disorders account for only a modest portion of violent crimes. In the US the figure is around 3 percent (Monahan, et. al., 2001)” (The Oxford Handbook of Criminology, 2017, p. 307)
“Most people with mental illness were not perpetrators of violence, but...
People with mental illness were 4 times more likely to be violated than people without mental illness” (Psychology Today, 2023)