***Clarification***

My last post has been updated to clarify a gap I left in what I wrote.

What is Spirituality?

One of the biggest challenges I face with the drug addicted teens I work with is helping them to find a sense of their own worth and meaning as a person.


Spirituality often helps to fill the void that their addiction leaves when they stop using. It can help people find meaning and give them some ways to cope with the trials of life as a recovering addict. The problem is that many people equate spirituality with religion and that is a huge turn-off to many of these kids. I don’t believe that religion and spirituality are mutually exclusive. I also don’t believe that they are synonymous. I believe that spirituality and religion can be complementary but that they exist in many forms independent of each other too. In a recent poll 1 out of 5 American classify them selves as “spiritual but not religious”.

If spirituality doesn’t mean being religious, what does it mean?

What’s your definition of spirituality? What are the qualities of a spiritual person?