Piritual Development, Socio-religious Performance and Quality of Life in Narcotic Anonymous

Narcotic anonymous (NA) is an association of men and women who share their experiences to abstain from addiction and follow its 12 steps. This study examined the role of spirituality dimensions as predictors of quality of life in narcotic anonymous. In this expo facto study, 96 male members of NA with age range of 20-40, minimal clean 6 mounts from Shahrood completed World Health Organization Quality of Life Scale (WHOQoL), and Spirituality Experience Scale. To analyze the data stepwise regression analysis with SPSS 16 was used. Spiritual development and performance and socio-religious functions as subscales of spiritual experience were significant predictors of quality of Life in NA. Also spiritual development and performance subscale 0.25 (P<0.01, R2= 0.25), and socio-religious functions subscale in compound with first subscale explained 0.34 (P<0.01, R2= 0.34) variance of quality of life. It seems that active attendance in NA and following its 12 principles leads to the development of spiritual performance and socio-religious functions. Therefore, this development enhances quality of life.