Dissertations / Theses: 'Addiction Recovery'

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Clark, Jonathan. "Heroin Addiction Recovery : A qualitative study on how individuals recovered from habitual heroin addiction." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för socialt arbete, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-103754.

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Toussaint, L., J. R. Webb, and Jameson K. Hirsch. "Self-Forgiveness, Addiction, and Recovery." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/470.

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Book Summary: The present volume is a ground-breaking and agenda-setting investigation of the psychology of self-forgiveness. It brings together the work of expert clinicians and researchers working within the field, to address questions such as: Why is self-forgiveness so difficult? What contexts and psychological experiences give rise to the need for self-forgiveness? What approaches can therapists use to help people process difficult experiences that elicit guilt, shame and self-condemnation? How can people work through their own failures and transgressions? Assembling current theories and findings, this unique resource reviews and advances our understanding of self-forgiveness, and its potentially critical function in interpersonal relationships and individual emotional and physical health. The editors begin by exploring the nature of self-forgiveness. They consider its processes, causes, and effects, how it may be measured, and its potential benefits to theory and psychotherapy. Expert clinicians and researchers then examine self-forgiveness in its many facets; as a response to guilt and shame, a step toward processing transgressions, a means of reducing anxiety, and an essential component of, or, under some circumstances a barrier to, psychotherapeutic intervention. Contributors also address self-forgiveness as applied to diverse psychosocial contexts such as addiction and recovery, couples and families, healthy aging, the workplace, and the military. Among the topics in the Handbook: An evolutionary approach to shame-based self-criticism, self-forgiveness and compassion. Working through psychological needs following transgressions to arrive at self-forgiveness. Self-forgiveness and health: a stress-and-coping model. Self-forgiveness and personal and relational well-being. Self-directed intervention to promote self-forgiveness. Understanding the role of forgiving the self in the act of hurting oneself. The Handbook of the Psychology of Self-Forgiveness serves many healing professionals. It covers a wide range of problems for which individuals often seek help from counselors, clergy, social workers, psychologists and physicians. Research psychologists, philosophers, and sociologists studying self-forgiveness will also find it an essential handbook that draws together the advances made over the past several decades, and identifies important directions for the road ahead.

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Shinebourne, Pnina. "Women's experience of addiction and recovery." Thesis, Birkbeck (University of London), 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.551029.

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Most research on addiction has been dominated by quantitative methodologies, although there has been increasing interest in qualitative approaches. The primary aim of this thesis is to contribute to a psychological understanding of experiences of addiction and recovery, considered from a phenomenological interpretative perspective. This investigation adds to the small number of IPA studies in this field. It focuses on the experiences of addiction and recovery, the ways participants make sense of their experiences in the contexts in which they occur, and the interpretations which can be discerned from participants' accounts. The thesis consists of four empirical studies. The first study presents an in-depth single case study illuminating how experiences of addiction and accompanying feelings, thoughts and expressions appear to the participant in the context of her life. The second study broadened the enquiry by including a small group of participants. This provides an opportunity for examining similarities and differences between participants across cases and moving towards making more general claims. At the same time, because of the small sample size it was possible to maintain an idiographic focus on the individual participants' accounts of their experiences. The third study extended the scope of IPA's approaches to data collection and analysis by using visual material in conjunction with interviews. This provides another perspective from which to investigate how participants experience and understand their process of recovery from addiction in ways not possible with verbal accounts or visual material alone. The fourth study extended the scope of the research by focusing on the less well researched area of the experiences of long-term recovery from addiction, in contrast to the three previous studies in which participants have been involved in their respective programmes of recovery for between one and two years. The thesis concludes with critical reflections and an indication of limitations as well as possibilities for future research and practice.

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Sorensen, Eric K. "Cognitive solutions for recovery from addiction." Online version, 1998. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/1998/1998sorensene.pdf.

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Elswick, Alex. "Emerging Adults and Recovery Capital: Barriers and Facilitators to Recovery." UKnowledge, 2017. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/hes_etds/51.

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Substance use disorders are chronic brain disorders and must therefore be treated on an ongoing basis. Accordingly, the concept of recovery capital has been developed to account for the internal and external resources that an individual can mobilize in order to recover from a substance use disorder. However, the concept has scarcely been applied to emerging adults. Although they are at twice the risk of developing a substance use disorder relative to their adult or adolescent counterparts, emerging adults in addiction and recovery are understudied. This phenomenological study aims to explore and describe the experience of emerging adults in recovery and to identify the barriers and facilitators to their recovery. The informants (n=8) were 18-25 year olds in recovery from substance use disorders. Data was collected using semi-structured interviews and subsequently analyzed for emerging themes. The results from this study suggest that the developmental tasks facing emerging adults are exacerbated in addiction and recovery.

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Wood, Leslie L. ""Everything I Did in Addiction, I'm Pretty Much the Opposite Now": Recovery Capital and Pathways to Recovery from Opiate Addiction." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1594640821872756.

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Fitzgerald, Chris M. "Capitalising upon the physical : exercise and addiction recovery." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2017. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/19316/.

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The investigation underpinning this thesis explored the experiences of and perceived benefits for recovering addicts participating in Physical Exercise (PE) as an adjunctive treatment alongside their rehabilitation programme. In the UK there is considerably more sport and exercise provision for marginalised groups such as youth offenders than there is for those in recover. Through critical engagement with current literature and a deconstructing of discourses surrounding addiction, this was found to be an effect of the medical gaze upon the officially propagated conceptualisation of addiction and subsequent research trends. In the real world, recovery is greater than the sum of its parts and the benefits of enjoyable exercise within a positive community setting, entirely subjective. Circuit and yoga classes were made available to residents at a Sheffield residential drug/alcohol rehabilitation center. Residents who attended a minimum of eight classes had consultations with strength and conditioning coaches to identify their individual fitness goals and were given gym memberships. Twenty three of these participants were interviewed in individual and group settings to gain emic (insiders/native) perspectives regarding the possible impact of PE upon their recovery. Nine participants chose to focus upon strength development as their training goal and joined Sheffield Hallam Universities "Strong Saturdays" program which prepares athletes for the sport of strongman. Four went on to compete. Ethnographic participant observational data was gathered throughout. The recovery capital model of addiction was altered to include embodied (physical) capital alongside economic, social, cultural and human capital to make sense of findings in terms of habitus development in the fields of chaotic addiction, recovery and of exercise. A thematic analysis of data highlighted decreased recovery capital related to alienation, violence, poverty and child abuse as key features of the field of chaos. Recovery was characterised as centered upon reforming the habitus. The increased confidence, fitness, strength, positive body image, self-efficacy and decreased levels of anxiety and stress attributed to PE were also found to aid positive habitus development. The role of community exercise environments as potential "third places" where recovery capital can be fostered represents a key finding. The organic nature of this research led to a series of further positive outcomes for the services and participants involved including qualifications, paid employment, funding and the formation of a charity.

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Henderson, Haley, Valerie Hoots, Joseph Barnet, and Andrea D. Clements. "Employer Perceptions of Addiction Recovery and Hiring Decisions." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2019. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/7220.

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Abstract Addiction to drugs and alcohol is a widespread, and ever-growing problem in American society today. Individuals who undergo treatment for their addiction often find it difficult to gain employment due to employers' negative perceptions of addiction. Previous research has found that many employers have a stigma of those in addiction recovery. However, little research has been done to determine if these stigmas affect hiring decisions. Drug and alcohol misuse are prominent in the Appalachian area, which presents an issue for employers in the area who maintain a drug-free work place or who have a stigma of those in addiction recovery. The proposed study will assess employers’ attitudes towards applicants who have a history of substance misuse and/or are in treatment for substance misuse, with specific focus on self-reported likelihood of hiring an applicant who is in recovery. We hypothesize that employers will report a decreased likelihood of hiring individuals who are in recovery for substance misuse. Participants who are at least eighteen years of age and English-speaking will complete a survey on the REDCap web platform that includes a subset of questions from the Addiction Attitudes and Beliefs Scale (AABS). Items that will be used to assess employers’ attitudes were adapted from the Substance Use Stigma Mechanisms Scale (SU-SMS) and the Perceived Stigma Addiction Scale (PSAS). The proposed study is part of a larger study that is assessing attitudes and beliefs toward addiction among employers and within faith communities, as well as perceived stigmas experienced by those who are living with addiction or have a history of substance misuse, with particular emphasis on attitudes within the Appalachian Highlands community. Possible limitations of this proposed study include the lack of generalizability since employers in the Appalachian area may not be representative of the overall population. Another possible limitation is the use of self-report measures. Participants may not be willing to report accurately due to the sensitivity of the topic. If results of the proposed study support our hypothesis, further research should look at ways to reduce stigma and support employers in hiring those in addiction recovery. Existing research suggests that employment is vital for addiction treatment success and is associated with a decreased likelihood of relapse, making the need for the amelioration of this stigma imperative in dealing with the addiction crisis.

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Henderson, Haley, M. O'Leary, Joseph Barnet, Valerie Hoots, and Andrea D. Clements. "Employer Perceptions of Addiction Recovery and Hiring Decisions." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2020. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/7631.

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Henderson, Haley, Joseph Barnet, Valerie Hoots, and Andrea Clements. "Employer Perceptions about Addiction Recovery and Hiring Decisions." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2020. https://dc.etsu.edu/honors/586.

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Drug and alcohol addiction is a nationwide epidemic with an increasing number of Americans being affected. Individuals who seek treatment for their addiction often face barriers, such as costs, waiting time, and available support, and those who are able to receive treatment are likely to experience or anticipate stigma from others. Existing literature has found that many employers have negative perceptions of individuals in addiction recovery. However, there is limited research that has analyzed whether these negative perceptions affect hiring decisions. We predicted that employers would have negative perceptions of those in recovery, would be less likely to hire individuals in recovery, and that those with previous substance misuse would perceive stigma from employers. A survey was completed by 53 employers using the REDCap web platform. There were 23 respondents who had a history of substance misuse. The survey contained items from the Addiction Attitudes and Beliefs Scale (AABS) and the Tobacco, Alcohol, Prescription medication, and other Substance use Tool (TAPS). The AABS contained modified items from the Substance Use Stigma Mechanisms Scale (SU-SMS) and the Perceived Stigma Addiction Scale (PSAS). Results indicated that the majority of employers had negative perceptions of people in addiction recovery, but employers were willing to hire those individuals. Results suggested that those with a history of addiction perceived stigma from their employers. Limitations of this study include lack of generalizability due to the small sample size and limited geographic area. Participants may have reported in a way that would make them appear socially desirable.

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Krowka, Jessica Ann. "The Lived Experience of Recovery From Heroin Addiction." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1555951788174113.

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Aissen, Kelly A. "Personal factors influencing impaired professionals' recovery from addiction." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2008. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0023846.

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Regan, Zeb Stuart. "Exploring Stages of Recovery from Crack Cocaine Addiction." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6479.

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Crack cocaine users need efficacious treatment options to address triggers and cravings for the drug. The purpose of this qualitative, multiple case study was to explore the recovery narratives of 3 purposefully selected substance abuse counselors who were once addicted to crack cocaine and whether or not these narratives fit within the 5 stages of the transtheoretical model of change (TTM). The TTM was used in this study to explore the stages of change in those with prior addiction regarding the motivational strategies needed to promote change. Data collected in face to face interviews were organized using thematic content analysis and QDA Minor Lite analysis software. Study results showed that the action stage seems the be the most promising focus for change. Each participant once in the action stage moved between action and relapse until action and maintenance became solidified in their mindset. The action stage, therefore led to social change for the individual, their family, and the community in which they lived. Therefore, the process of recover does fit within the stages of the TTM, however, relapse and risk of relapse plays a vital part of not making the stages qualitatively distinct. The results of the study show that various factors create the addiction process and help to recover from it. However, self-actualization and self-determination prove to be the motivating factors of change and recovery. The findings contribute to social change by understanding how the recovery stories fit within the stages of the TTM and how further understanding of the relapse process is necessary to possibly get to a definitive termination stage.

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Scalese, Adam Michael. "Understanding the Processes and Outcomes of the LDS Addiction Recovery Program's Pornography Addiction Support Groups." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2019. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/8593.

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This study qualitatively investigated the processes and outcomes associated with the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ (LDS) Addiction Recovery Program (ARP), with a specific focus on their Pornography Addiction Support Group (PASG) meetings. Researchers interviewed 24 (21 males, 3 females) individuals with varying experiences in PASG meetings. Their interview content was broken down into themes. Primary findings suggest that PASG participants experience a significant amount of shame due to their pornography use behaviors. Member-to-member sharing in meetings facilitates self-compassion and lessens shame. Participants reported strong spiritual process in PASG meetings and some spiritual outcomes. Attendance in PASG meetings impacts the way participants viewed their treatment conceptualization, problematic pornography use (PPU) behaviors, self, and God. Further, negative aspects of PASG meetings include the use of an addiction model, a focus on PPU behaviors, and some shaming experiences.

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Åkerlind, Jeanette, Tanja Toivanen, and Jeanette Åkerlind. "The road to recovery : Addiction in a smaller community." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för socialt arbete och psykologi, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-10853.

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Griffiths, Mark, and mark griffiths@jss org au. "Teaching Yoga in Addiction Recovery A Social Work Perspective." RMIT University. Global Studies, Social Science and Planning, 2007. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20080215.161527.

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This thesis explores the personal and social challenges of teaching yoga in addiction recovery from a social work perspective. It is informed by an action research perspective using interviews and focus groups with yoga teachers and allied health professionals and the personal experiences of the researcher teaching yoga in an addiction recovery centre as well as a literature search on existing yoga and meditation programs used in addiction recovery and corrections. The research explores whether yoga could be applied as a complementary therapy in social work and how yoga assists in addiction recovery. Further it explores what programmatic requirements are needed for a constructive yoga program that addresses the needs of yoga teachers in this field and the participants who are very marginalised. The emerging themes and issues from the data and literature were explored and triangulation was used to draw one conclusion that was found consistently across all research methodologies. This was the importance of Kriya yoga. or the yoga of action, to achieve results with yoga as a complementary therapy. Kriya yoga has three elements: a commitment to regular practice, allowing time to reflect on how this practice is affecting your life and having faith in the yoga process. Undelying this notion of kriya yoga is the importance of the yoga teacher-student relationship and the value of a yoga community that supports the student in their commitment to practice. Recovery from addiction is viewed as a journey involving many stages in which the yoga student deals with relapses. The exemplary yoga programs are forms of karma yoga or the yoga of selfless action. The development of a karma yoga network that forms an on-line bridge between the yoga communities and addiction recovery services is suggested by the research as one way forward in promoting yoga as a complementary therapy in addiction recovery.

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Dakin, Cary Elizabeth. "The role of the intuitive function in addiction recovery." Thesis, Pacifica Graduate Institute, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3613771.

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This study examines the role of the intuitive function in addiction recovery. Addictive behaviors create an internal state dominated by imbalanced instinctual drives. The psychological manifestations are obsessive thoughts, anxiety, depression, guilt, shame, and a sense of isolation. This research explored how subtle unconscious influences like the intuitive function have a role in shifting this treacherous internal state. Intuition is a prominent spectrum function which bridges the unconscious and conscious by providing unexpected knowledge of unknown origins when none is consciously available, assesses potential of situations, and imparts understanding of how and when to carry out instinctual action (Jung, 1971/1976, 1948/1981a).

Field research was conducted through a qualitative, intuitive, phenomenological methodology. Twelve participants in recovery from alcoholism were asked through conversational interviews about their experience of intuition in sobriety. The participants claimed intuition initiated, sustained, and enhanced their sobriety. They were able to distinguish the intuitive function from the amplified state of need, obsessive thought, and angst. They reported synchronicities, dreams and intuitive influences were instrumental in the decision to stop drinking. In longer term recovery, the intuitive function was perceived when helping others, solving problems, learning self-care, and enhanced intuition was described as one of the biggest gifts of sobriety.

This research contributes to the field of psychotherapy by discovering the important role of the intuitive function in addiction recovery. Recognizing and helping patients cultivate intuition facilitates the apprehension of addictive behaviors. Working with unconscious functions such as intuition helps those considering sobriety, as well as those in sobriety, to establish a relationship with their unconscious other than one based on addictive patterns. Developing the intuitive function in recovery establishes a conscious relationship to the primary process beyond impulsivity and curbs instinctual impulsivity.

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Carpenter, Tracy R. "Beyond Crack Mother: Narratives of Drug Addiction and Recovery." The Ohio State University, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1418833307.

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Voigt, Thomas J. K. Jr. "Learning as it relates to addiction recovery| A case study of the learning experiences of men in a faith-based addiction recovery program." Thesis, Northern Illinois University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3611362.

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This case study is about learning as it relates to addiction recovery within the Men's Ministry (a pseudonym) program at an urban, faith-based mission, hereafter referred to as WCM (an acronym). The program is free and long-term residential. Its purpose is to be a "life transformation ministry for troubled men whose lives are out of control as a result of drugs, alcohol or some other destructive behavior pattern."

The study examines the described experiences of 13 WCM residents from the perspectives of two researchers: Cranton and DiClemente. Cranton's work explains change through adult learning, which can be transformative. DiClemente's work describes steps of change of becoming addicted and of recovering from addiction.

At my request, the chaplain at WCM selected Men's Ministry residents willing to share their life experiences as part of this study. During three 90-minute interviews based on Seidman's interview model, 13 residents shared their experiences before WCM in the first interview, their experiences at WCM in the second interview, and reflections on the first two interviews in the third interview.

The research questions that guided the study were (a)-How did the subjects in this faith-based addiction recovery program describe their own learning? and (b)-What were the subjects' perceptions of changes they experienced while in this faith-based addiction recovery program?

Participants' descriptions resulted in four conclusions: Multiple formal activities affected each participant; informal learning occurred throughout the WCM facility; participants' descriptions of changes at WCM resulted in recognition of changes throughout their prior lives; there was no single description by participants of a change, or a motive for change, at WCM.

Implications for future research include conducting longitudinal studies of this program's graduates, conducting studies with different participants to compare to this study, analyzing subsets of the data obtained, determining the indicated key programmatic elements, conducting studies about nonfaith-based residential substance addiction recovery programs to compare to this study.

Implications for practice include seeking adult educator's advice about including adult learning principles in substance addiction recovery, using adult educators as instructors in substance addiction recovery, and co-ordinating all practice activities with research findings.

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Dabney, Lucy. "Art for Recovery." VCU Scholars Compass, 2017. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/4806.

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This thesis explores the design of a space for opioid addicts in recovery that combines an art therapy studio with a gallery space. It would provide a new type of therapy available to the area, engage and educate the Richmond community and spread awareness of the disease of opiate addiction. It will also enable addicts to express themselves in a non-verbal, creative format that allows for them to create a legacy and leave an imprint on the community.

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Stanley, Kimberly. "Life experience and addiction recovery among substance misusing male adolescents." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/MQ64749.pdf.

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Sorbo, Adriana Carmela Tonia. "Choosing family : one mother's journey through recovery from cocaine addiction." Thesis, McGill University, 2006. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=98583.

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The purpose of this inquiry was to explore recovery from drug abuse from a mother's perspective. Women's experiences of treatment and recovery are unique from men's and mothers' experiences have been studied little (Poole & Dell, 2005). A series of three interviews were conducted during which the participant was encouraged to deeply explore her experience of recovery as a woman and a mother. This project was carried out using both Consensual Qualitative Research (Hill, Thompson, Hess, Knox, Williams, Ladany, 2005) as well as The Wish and Fear List (Perry, 1997). These two types of analyses complemented one another and provided two complementary views of the participant's experiences as both a woman and a recovered drug user within the context of her parenting. The themes of mothering, recovery and identity development, and respective sub-themes are discussed. The proportions of wishes and fears expressed at two phases in the participant's recovery journey are also discussed.

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Morgan-Eason, Andrea. "The Process of Mothering| Women in Recovery from Drug Addiction." Thesis, Adelphi University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10610424.

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Mothering in a variety of healthcare settings is a significant process studied by nurse researchers. Mothering during recovery from a drug addiction is important to study because of its health and mental health consequences for women, their infants and children, as well as the impact on society especially the financial burden. The process of recovery from drug addiction for mothers has not been well studied. Findings from such a study can shed light on the important nursing role regarding interventions and prevention strategies to mitigate some of the health consequences. The purpose of this study was to explore the process of mothering for women recovering from a drug addiction. The conceptual framework of symbolic interaction and the Grounded Theory Methodology (Glaser & Strauss, 1967) were used to guide the study.

Data were collected through 10 semi-structured interviews of women residing in a rehabilitation residential facility for drug addiction who had at least one child under the age of 18. The results indicated that the process of mothering while in recovering from a drug addiction was non-linear. Phases emerged from data collected using the constant comparative analysis of transcripts, levels of coding, categorizing and conceptualizing. Three final phases emerged from the subcategories, which explained the process: mothering as influencing sobriety, anticipatory struggling and hopeful ideal mothering. Anticipatory Struggling identified the final substantive theory that emerged. The women in this study were committed to changing to claim or reclaim the role of motherhood. The participants were aware of the challenges and overwhelming responsibilities that were ahead as they recovered and they anticipated the struggles, fearing relapse or again losing custody of their children. However, they were hopeful about their future mothering role, albeit in an idealized way, as they began to make their re-entry into the community. The study's findings have important implications for nursing practice, education and for influencing health policy.

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Lowery, Christine T. "Life histories : addiction and recovery of six Native American women /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/11155.

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Eggers, Monica von. "Searching for a Post-Jungian Psychophysical Reality in Recovery from Addiction." Thesis, Pacifica Graduate Institute, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10620006.

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This phenomenological study used a qualitative, hermeneutic analysis to explore the lived experiences of the moments of psychological change in five women and one man recovering from alcoholism. Interviews with the participants were coded thematically and analyzed in relation to a psychic movement that initiated sobriety. The data were compared to the process of transformation in the myth of Inanna–Queen of heaven and earth as a metaphor for psychic movement. Jung’s concepts of matter, spirit, and the psychoid function of the archetype were explored through a Post-Jungian approach, which also incorporated current research in neuroscience. Based on the analysis, the results suggest the psychoid nature of the archetype to be a function of an organically anchored archetype/primordial image analogous to implicit, dormant neural ensembles/representations in the body. These underlying representations or images activate cognitive/spirit and emotional/matter processes, and energy charges ideas, emotions, and feelings, either separately or together. Images are then released, producing cognitive and/or emotional responses. The analysis revealed that ambiguous energy charges are responsible for less complete cognitive, emotional, or feeling images, observable in unfinished sentences, phrases, words, and pauses in narration. The analysis also discovered how spiritual material supports the suggestion that cognitive and emotional processes are present at the same time in a psychophysical process releasing images, which produce thoughts, emotions, and feelings. The findings also indicate that raising awareness of how these cognitive, emotional, and feeling images interchangeably play a role in recovery could be a therapeutically beneficial approach when working with recovering addicts.

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Ryan-Saha, Eleanor Sarah Anne. "Recovery is possible : making and unmaking futures after addiction in Sarajevo." Thesis, Durham University, 2016. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/11710/.

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Recovery occurs in a complex, emergent manner. It is a worldly process, shot through with the nuances and imperatives of an equally complex, emergent and imperfect world. Encountering recovery, therefore, entails thinking through the complex, mutually informed relationship between recovery-oriented organisations and the contexts in which they arise. This thesis presents and compares different attempts to address the social problem of addiction in Sarajevo. At its heart, it is a study of the ways in which members of two primary fieldsites—a therapeutic community and an NGO—try to achieve recovery from addiction, which gives equal weight and attention to the roles and voices of the addicts whose recovery is at stake, and to the roles and voices of the professionals involved in recovery processes. Positioning my study within both the city of Sarajevo, and within historical and contemporary manifestations of addiction problems in the city, I pursue a comparative explication of the ways in which addicts and professionals come together to ‘make’ recovery. I trace and compare the manifestations of a productive tension in these contexts between idealised and programmatic recovery on the one hand, and the imperatives of sociality on the other. If recovery is ‘made’ through such tension, it can also be ‘unmade’ in this way. As such, I ground my observations of the ‘unmaking’ of recovery processes in a discussion of the factors inherent to, and externally acting upon these institutions which undermine both the recovered state and the recovery process. In so doing I seek to generate insight into the complex, emergent nature of change in these contexts, which will be discussed in terms of (ab)normality, capricious simultaneity and possibility.

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Lee, King-fai, and 李景輝. "A study of the factors contributing to recovery from heroin addiction." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1998. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31978848.

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Murphy, Carole. "'Doing' normal : a membership categorization analysis (MCA) of recovery from addiction." Thesis, Kingston University, 2014. http://eprints.kingston.ac.uk/30605/.

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Research investigating recovery from addiction has grown in recent years. This new recovery paradigm is gaining momentum, and a key construct proposed through which to understand it is that of recovery capital, which emphasises how access to social, cultural, human and physical capital can impact on this experience. This thesis contributes to these debates through an exploration of two key issues: recovery capital or ‘resources’, and identity construction. The analysis draws on ethnomethodology to demonstrate how social order is achieved through the everyday, situated accomplishments of members’ practical action and practical reasoning. Consistent with this methodological framework, the data were analysed using Membership Categorization Analysis (MCA) to illuminate how those in recovery draw on particular discourses, linguistic devices and ‘commonsense’ knowledge to produce a recovery identity in situ. Respondents demonstrated the temporality of the recovery process by invoking cultural knowledge about ‘turning points’ and ‘rock bottom’ as evidence of initiation into this new membership category. Attributes of a ‘resourceful’ recovery identity were further shown through implicit or explicit reference to “Better than well”, a linguistic device common in many recovery communities. Significantly, in contrast to the notion that recovery capital relies on access to external resources, the analysis illustrates that it can be understood as an interactional resource, invoked to display membership of the category ‘doing’ recovery. Additionally, a fimdamental concern for many respondents throughout this process was the production of a ‘normal’ identity. How respondents’ talk about negotiating the stigma associated with their former membership of a morally disreputable category is a crucial factor. MCA reveals the everyday cultural knowledge used by individuals to ‘do’ normal. It therefore contributes to a richer understanding of the recovery experience, and can serve as a reference point for future studies about identity construction in recovery.

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Kovács, Szerénke. "On recovery from substance addiction through climbing : an interpretative phenomenological analysis." Thesis, University of the West of England, Bristol, 2018. http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/33846/.

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Exercises and physical activities can potentially prevent or delay the onset of different mental health difficulties such as anxiety, affective, eating, and substance use disorders, as well as schizophrenia, dementia and mild cognitive impairment. In the field of addiction, the idea of exercise being adjunct to substance misuse treatment has been promoted. There has been limited research on the psychological benefits of climbing and specifically on the ways in which an outdoor recreational activity and exercise such as climbing may promote recovery from substance dependence. The aim of the present study is to explore the ways in which individuals experience recovery from substance addiction through climbing. The present research adopted a qualitative methodology, specifically Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). IPA was selected as the qualitative methodology captures the detailed exploration of personal lived experiences. A sample of six participants, including five male and one female participant, were interviewed. The data gathered from semi-structured interviews were transcribed and analysed; the data analysis followed stages of IPA analysis. Two super-ordinate themes, with five sub-ordinate themes emerged from the participants’ accounts. The participants’ accounts revealed that an activity like climbing has the potential to entail physical, psychological and social values and also therapeutic elements, which can be crucial to successful recovery. The findings also suggest that the meaning of recovery is individual. Moreover, beyond formal therapeutic support, there are numerous factors which have the potential to contribute to the maintenance of recovery from substance dependence. The findings are discussed in relation to the relevant literature, and the lines of enquiry that have emerged have been located in the current literature, arguments and debates. Methodological limitations, directions for future research and clinical implications for the profession of Counselling Psychology have also been presented.

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Hill, Patricia DiAna. "Addiction and Recovery Experiences of African American Women: A Phenomenological Study." VCU Scholars Compass, 2005. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/729.

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Historically, substance abuse research has for the most part excluded African American women. The small body of existing substance abuse research regarding African American women does not examine gender and socio-cultural issues from African American women's perspectives. The purpose of this phenomenological study is to develop a deeper, contextual understanding of the experiences and perspectives of this marginalized population of women. The major goal of the study is to examine the perspectives of African American women about their substance abuse, treatment and recovery. The knowledge gained from this research with African American women regarding their experiences and specific needs in substance abuse treatment is vital to our understanding of this special population and the complex phenomena of substance abuse. In-depth qualitative interviews were used to capture the personal accounts of 25 African American women in substance abuse treatment and recovery. The sample of women in treatment was recruited from public outpatient and residential substance abuse programs in the Richmond, Virginia metropolitan area. Recovering women were recruited through community contacts using snowball sampling techniques. A semi-structured interview guide was used for data collection and interviews were audiotape recorded with the permission of the participants. The women in this study recalled specific events and experiences related to their substance abuse, treatment and recovery. Experiences with trauma were prevalent in the lives of many of the women in this study. The women identified a plethora of needs both met and unmet that are salient to their emotional and physical wellbeing. The women's perceptions of substance abuse treatment programs were influenced by a host of factors, however, the women overall expressed positive regard for substance abuse treatment. The women also evaluated the strengths and weaknesses of substance abuse treatment programs.Substance abuse disorders are complex and have far-reaching ramifications for individuals, families and communities. The paucity of funding and lack of equal access to substance abuse and other related services remains a challenge in an environment of conservatism, high health care costs and cutbacks in human services. Where substance abuse treatment is available, programs must improve services in a manner that matches the multiple and complex needs of women. If substance abuse treatment programs are to become more effective, a family-focused service model that promotes recovery of the family system must also be adopted. Moreover, the women's participation in their own care is salient to their healing, empowerment and recovery. Socio-cultural factors related to oppression play a significant role in the daily lives of African American women in both direct and indirect ways and thus warrant attention in substance abuse treatment.

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Lee, King-fai. "A study of the factors contributing to recovery from heroin addiction." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1998. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B2233144X.

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Crutchfield, Daniel. "Get Legitimate: Achievements Promote Recovery from Addiction via Non-Addict Identity." UNF Digital Commons, 2018. https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/800.

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Abstract Despite decades of research, over 400 million people around the globe suffer from substance abuse and only 10% to 43% maintain abstinence after treatment. Social support, spirituality, self-regulation, and locus of control have all been examined for their efficacy and relationship with successful abstinence outcomes. Conceptually, educational/vocational achievement is believed to contribute to reforming an identity divorced from the previous lifestyle of active addiction. Educational and Vocational achievements as proxies for non-addict identity have only been investigated sporadically. The present study seeks to establish a quantitative link between successful long-term recovery and these types of goal-oriented achievements. A survey was administered to 195 participants in recovery and results showed that those who have achieved an advanced certification, license, or degree since getting clean report almost twice as must clean time as those who did not. Multiple regression revealed that educational/vocational achievement was a significant predictor and the overall model accounted for 49% of the variance in length of abstinence. These findings expose the importance of a neglected component of research in recovery from addiction. Implications include greater emphasis on vocational rehabilitation in recovery and future research should aim to examine and refine this concept further. Keywords: identity, recovery, addiction, substance abuse, vocation, achievement, educational attainment

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James, Lucy Emily. "Understanding the process of recovery from heroin addiction : initiating and maintaining factors." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2012. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/36734/.

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There is increasing recognition that recovery from heroin addiction is possible but there is limited understanding of the recovery process and of how services can support people in that process. At present, most of the research concerning recovery from heroin addiction comes from the United States where the treatment system is very different to that in the UK. This study aimed to gain a better understanding of the recovery process from the perspective of people who are in recovery from heroin addiction, with the aim of informing service development and delivery in the South Wales area. This study employed a grounded theory qualitative methodology to analyse data collected from ten interviews with people in recovery from heroin addiction in the South Wales area. The results revealed four core categories: i) initiating recovery, including the triggers for recovery and what helps; ii) maintaining recovery, consisting of thought changes, lifestyle changes and the role of supportive networks; iii) the reality of recovery, encompassing the process of recovery and obstacles faced; and iv) service provision, encompassing current problems, how support needs can be met and how wider needs can be addressed. The findings highlighted some important considerations for the development of services specifically designed to meet the needs of this client group, thus facilitating long term stable recovery. The findings are reviewed in relation to the wider literature regarding recovery from heroin addiction. Implications for clinical practice and service delivery are also reviewed, and suggestions provided for how services can incorporate recovery-orientated principles. Suggestions for future research are also considered.

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Zitzman, Spencer T. "Couples Sharing Recovery from a Husband's Addiction to Pornography: A Qualitative Study." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2004. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd448.22.

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Casper, Breanne I. ""It's Not Addiction Until You Graduate": Natural Recovery in the College Context." Scholar Commons, 2019. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/7762.

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Natural recovery is inhibition or moderation of problematic substance use without employing the use of formal addiction services. A neuroanthropological approach to natural recovery highlights the importance of both social and biological aspects of achieving this "self" led process of change. Throughout this project I take a critical anthropological approach to natural recovery, which explores a more holistic conception and historically situated view of current natural recovery theory. This research project employs a neuroanthropological perspective to assess how college students perform natural recovery. Using ethnographic methods, which highlight the social and physical experience of moderation, I discuss how students negotiate pathways for cessation/moderation within the university structure. The university is increasingly a neoliberal space, which influences the way key stakeholders (faculty, staff, and students) perceive and pursue pathways for cessation/moderation. Thus, I found students pursue natural recovery by pulling on recovery capital, facilitated by the university, but outside of traditional cessation pathways, to stop problematic use. Additionally, I employed Bourdieu’s notions of practice and habitus to highlight how students negotiate their lives within this structure and pull on their recovery capital to mitigate cues, proposing a biocultural perspective of natural recovery. The goal of this research is to show how students leverage social relationships and cues in ways that are meaningful to sustaining abstinence/moderation without formal guidance or structure. This work contributes to the small body of literature already established around natural recovery and cue reactivity, and shows how ethnographic methods can and should be applied to both of these fields of research.

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Graham, Matthew Donald. "Recovery from addiction as a joint and gendered project : an action theoretical study." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/13077.

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This qualitative study described the process of addiction recovery as it unfolded within close relationships and delineated the ongoing impact of gender on this process. The sample included five dyads that identified as being in a close-relationship and at least one of whom that self-identified as being in addiction recovery. The guiding research questions underlying the process included, “how do persons in close-relationships form and enact joint goals of addiction recovery?” and, “how are addiction-recovery projects gendered?” Data was collected using the qualitative action project method and participants were asked to describe how they came to view themselves as in recovery, what they were doing together to achieve recovery goals and how they each viewed his or her gender as impacting the ongoing process. Processes were identified and clarified in the form of joint projects and were monitored over approximately three months. Data analysis was based on the processes outlined as part of the qualitative action-project method (Young, Valach, & Domene, 2005) and informed by Stake’s (2005) instrumental case study method. The research findings yielded five detailed action-theoretically informed narrative descriptions of each dyad’s recovery project including the impact of gender on each case. Assertions about the addiction recovery process and the gendered nature of recovery were presented at the end of each case (Stake, 1995). Five overall (key) assertions about addiction recovery, as experienced by these participants, were drawn from a cross case analysis. Findings identified that addiction recovery was an inherently relational process and that when relationship goals and processes were going well these could supercede recovery goals and processes. The findings also identified that addiction recovery was gendered and gender role flexibility was identified as helpful for addiction recovery. Assertions drawn from the study indicated that addiction recovery would lose its meaning without consideration of its interdependency with close relationship and work-vocational pursuits. Although the research design precludes generalizing from the data, the knowledge generated herein may be helpful to others in the fields of psychology, social work, psychiatric nursing, and related health care disciplines, at the levels of education, training, and practice.

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Ieong, Fong Ha. "Cortical connectomics signature for opiate addiction during recovery :a multidisciplinary, exploratory, and translational paradigm." Thesis, University of Macau, 2018. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b3953925.

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Bird, Mark Hilton. "Sexual Addiction and MFT: Therapists' Perspectives on Facilitating Individual and Relationship Healing." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/27386.

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In recent decades there has been an increase in literature regarding sexual addiction as well as a growing number of clients presenting in therapy with problems related to their sexual behaviors (including internet sexual addiction). More recently, the impact of sexual addiction on couples has been noted, but little is known regarding how couples can be assisted in the recovery process. In this qualitative study, I explored in depth the critical change processes in couple therapy for sexual addiction from the therapistâ s perspective, including the therapistâ s role in that process. The findings suggest that couple recovery from sexual addiction includes (a) individual responsibility in recovery (which includes themes of trauma, family-of-origin, emotional reactivity, depersonalizing, and utilizing other resources), (b) couple recovery (which includes the themes of family-of-origin, communication, empathy, intimacy, trust, and sexual intimacy), (c) balancing individual recovery with couple recovery in the process of healing (which includes the themes of education, accountability, and couple perspective) and (d) distinguishing affairs from sexual addiction. I discuss the implications of study findings, offering a sequential outline of the process of therapy with couples who are struggling to recover from sexual addiction, including therapist interventions that may assist in that process. Limitations to the study and implications for future research in sexual addiction generally and MFT specifically are presented.
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Welsh, Clare. "Tin Rain." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2018. https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/2575.

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Moore, Christa. "Contribution of Reference Agents to Recovery Maintenance: A Social World Analysis of Narcotics Anonymous Affiliation." TopSCHOLAR®, 2005. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/464.

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Few studies have examined the social process of drug abuse recovery. To determine how recovering addicts use reference agents, such as reference groups and/or reference others, to achieve and maintain sobriety within the context of the Narcotics Anonymous (NA) support group experience, this study examines how Newcomers learn the norms and values associated with NA, how Newcomers become integrated into the NA group and internalize acceptable recovery behaviors, and how Newcomers transition to becoming Oldtimers. In this study, participant observation and in-depth, semi-structured interviewing (N = 13) based upon convenience sampling were employed. This study elicited six stages of social referencing that Newcomers experience during the process of becoming recovering addicts.

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Mjolsness, Joshua. "Participant Experiences in Christian-Based Recovery." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6358.

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Health care leaders are challenged with addressing addiction and the treatment of addiction. Many studies have been conducted around addiction treatment; however, no studies have been conducted on Christian-based recovery programs that use the same approach regardless of the addiction. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the experiences of participants in a Christian-based recovery program that uses the same approach for all addictions. The social learning theory provided the framework for this study. Data were collected by interviewing participants of the Christian-based recovery program Free Grace Recovery (FGR). Eight participants selected had a variety of reasons for program participation from substance abuse, codependency issues, anger management problems, control issues, and sex addiction. The data were analyzed using MAXQDA software, coded by topic, and arranged into broader categories. Through that process, five central themes emerged from the data: spiritual religious experiences, program experiences, positive experiences with people, skills, acquisition experiences, and acts and services experiences. The implications for social change are that programs like FGR can be beneficial for many addictions, habits, and vices, and the need for program specialization may not be necessary because participants reported similar experiences despite having different addictions or other issues they were addressing. This would make recovery possible for a larger group of people.

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Flanagan, Mark W. ""Where There is No Love, Put Love": Homeless Addiction Recovery Perspectives and Ways to Enhance Healing." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2012. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/anthro_theses/61.

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This study explores how middle-aged homeless persons in Atlanta, GA, who have harmful, self-identified addictive behaviors come to make positive material and psychological changes, while constrained by urban poverty and structural violence. This study is divided into two parts. In part one, I examine the interaction between individual, social, and material factors that promote recovery from addiction in a poor, urban context. I argue that recovery occurs through a process, initiated by a decision and realized through practice. Recovery is enhanced by a stable community and consistent material access. In part two, I examine how pain associated with homelessness can create a strong drive to intensify substance usage as a means to seek relief. I then describe how alienation, pain and corresponding addictive behaviors among homeless persons can be lessened through intentioned, empowering acts, which I call “symbolic love”. Finally, I offer policy recommendations based on my findings.

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Hardin, Melinda McKernan. "Issues women identify during their first three years of recovery from alcohol and drug addiction." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/29697.

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Research targeting the chemically dependent woman has received little attention, even though the research indicates a convergence of male and female drinking norms. Research centered on the special issues of the chemically dependent woman also needs to be extended beyond the scope of actual alcohol and drug abuse and resulting treatment to include information on what issues women face in their recovery process. The findings would help treatment providers design more successful interventions for this population. This study used qualitative methods to investigate issues that 12 chemically dependent women, ranging in actual time in recovery from first to third year post inpatient treatment, discussed as part of a 16 week therapy group. Their recorded responses were transcribed and analyzed, using Glaser and Strauss' methods of comparative analysis, comparing the women between three groups desiginated by the divisions of first, second, and third year post inpatient treatment. The findings indicate that all share many of the same issues, however there are marked differences between the groups. All the women had difficulties with intra- and interrelationships, finding it difficult to maintain a healthy recovery in spite of the problems they confronted in experiencing reality without mind-altering substances. Many issues were influenced by the subjects' family of origin history and sex-role orientation. Conflicts in role obligations resulting in work, family, parenting, and relationship problems surfaced. All the women were aware of additional substance and compulsive dependencies that they would like to eliminate; however, avoiding relapse of their alcohol/drug addiction was the major concern for most. The findings reveal that the longer women spent time actively undertaking a concerted program of recovery, the more they experienced integration into the rest of society, and that the acquisition of life skills and resolution of the past were important factors to the success of this integration. The categories and theme issues that emerged from the analysis have implications for social work practice, policy, and further research.
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Ning, Ana Margarida. "Embodying the myth of healthiness, conformity, resistance and complicity in narratives of addiction and recovery." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/NQ39295.pdf.

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Burke, Michelle, and University of Lethbridge Faculty of Education. "The heart of darkness : a journey into chronic sexual addiction and the quest for recovery." Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Education, 2003, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/202.

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The processes that are involved in sexual addiction and recovery were explored in this research. A phenomenological-hermeneutic method was employed in interviewing five male recovering sexual addicts. Themes of sexual addiction and recovery were then extrapolated from the words the participants used to express their life experience. Eleven themes characterizing the addiction process emerged from the transcriptions of the participant's in-depth interviews, as well as six themes relating to recovery. It is hoped that a deeper understanding of the sexual addict's internal and external motivations for the use of sex, will be achieved by depicting several addict' experiences in an unfolding story. It is up to readers of this research to draw their own conclusions and to take what is relevant to them from the words of the sexual addicts and the researcher's interpretation of those words. There is one absolute interpretation of the participants' life experiences. This research only suggests possibilities to illuminate interpretations of the lived experiences of the five participants involved.
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O'Brien, Siobhan. "The ultimate alternative : a single case study understanding Jason's journey from addiction to self-recovery." Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Health Sciences, c2012, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/3110.

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The purpose of this research was to understand the lived experience of a person with a substance addiction that uses or has used alternative therapies for treatment. A single-case study approach was used to understand the lived experiences of Jason, a male in his mid-forties who is healing from a substance addiction. Through in-person interviewing and reading personal manuscripts written by the participant, data were collected. The data were analysed and interpreted using phenomenological and integral hermeneutics. Through the interpretations, it was clear that a major contributing factor to Jason’s drug use was the negative experiences he was carrying from his past. Once he was able to let go of the negativity and let his higher power guide him, his healing journey took a positive turn. Today, Jason lives in the moment and does not need drugs to heal the hurt he is feeling inside. He uses his ultimate alternative method, derived from within himself, to guide his journey in recovery.
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Kougiali, Georgia Zetta. "Temporalities of change : a synchronic and diachronic examination of the process from addiction to recovery." Thesis, University of Portsmouth, 2015. https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/temporalities-of-change(0ac6dde7-caf4-4e37-8429-e37d5f40c6a0).html.

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The last 25 years of UK’s drug policy has been criticised as focusing on risk management, harm-reduction techniques and contributing to the criminalisation of the drug users whose treatment needs were not adequately addressed. Likewise,until recently research in criminal justice settings has been concentrating on evaluating treatment outcomes, often disregarding individual experiences and processes. Drug policy in the UK has recently undergone a historical shift, striving towards more person-centred practices that focus on recovery and ‘putting people first’. Along with the shift in the drug policy, there is a demand for research that individualises recovery processes and journeys and draws attention to examining personal and contextual factors that influence change. This thesis is part of the interest in individual experiences of addiction and recovery and focuses on delineating the process from one stage to the other. It is divided into two parts: the first part explores the process of change in a group of active users and users in recovery through the examination of their life stories. The second part explores the accounts of change in a group of substance using offenders in prison. Temporality is used as a methodological approach to examine change thoroughly across and at different points in time in order to understand drug using and recovery trajectories. The findings of the current study reveal change as a nonlinear process full of discontinuities, manifested in patterns of interchangeable states of relapse and abstinence or treatment attempts. The transition from addiction to recovery is achieved through the users’ participation in treatment groups that encourage the reconstruction of addict narratives to recovering ones. Analysis of the data collected in the prison confirmed the importance of relational factors in the adoption of new, healthier narratives. Moreover, it highlighted the significance of cultivating a climate of acceptance and support as an essential component of the therapeutic work conducted in prisons. The thesis serves as a critical body of work that links a multidisciplinary body of literature. The findings of the thesis contribute both to the academic knowledge in the fields of forensic psychology, addiction and criminology and provide essential knowledge to practitioners working with substance users both in the community and in the prison.

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Thomas, Cheryl L. "The Influence of Addiction Recovery on Couple Relationships: A Qualitative Examination Through a Bowenian Lens." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1334715161.

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Trogden, Adrianne. "A Qualitative Study to Explore Clinical Supervisors' Perceptions of How Personal Recovery Influences Their Supervision." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2017. https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/2435.

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Substance abuse counseling has many counselors and supervisors who are in recovery from a personal history of substance abuse. Approximately 37% of supervisors in the substance abuse field reported being in personal recovery (Eby, Burke, & Birkelbach, 2009). Little is known about how a clinical supervisor’s personal recovery influences his or her clinical supervision. The purpose of this phenomenological research study was to investigate the perceived lived experiences of clinical supervisors’ in recovery during the clinical supervision of substance abuse counselors working towards a license or credential in Louisiana. A qualitative phenomenological methodology, Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) was used to analyze data from six clinical supervisors in recovery using semi-structured interviews. Themes emerged from the data, which resulted in 13 categories: 1) functions of supervision; 2) factors influencing the supervision relationship; 3) insight into addiction; 4) factors pertaining to self-disclosure; 5) managing dual relationships; 6) recovery isn’t enough; 7) relapse potential and management; 8) stigma of addiction; 9) structure of supervision; 10) countertransference; 11) feelings about self-disclosure; 12) importance of self-care; and 13) supervisors need supervision and consultation The categories provide increased understanding and insight into how recovery influences and were used in supervision by supervisors in recovery. Implications for supervisors in recovery, supervisees of supervisors in recovery, and clinical supervisor educators are also addressed.

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Carlson, Micah. "RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES FOR YOUNG ADULTS: A NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR A COLLEGIATE RECOVERY PROGRAM AT A MIDSIZED PUBLIC UNIVERSITY LOCATED IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/663.

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Substance use and substance use disorders continue to impact the health and safety of people across the United States. A population in which substance use and substance use disorders tend to be the highest being with college-age populations. In response to this growing public health concern, Recovery Support Services (RSS) are being implemented across colleges and universities nationwide. With each college or university being diverse based on its location, size, and demographics RSS resources do not look the same as they spread from campus to campus. This research project analyzed the current resources, how they are implemented, and how they correspond to the student population at a midsized public university located in Southern California. Utilizing a focus group and several structured interviews a survey design was assembled. The participants interviewed were asked a series of questions based on possible personal and departmental service viewpoints of pre-existing services as well as the quality of said services. Additionally, participants were asked about services not offered, as well as any issues that are not currently being addressed, and were asked to give feedback about each topic. Qualitative data were transcribed, analyzed, and coded using Microsoft Word as the coding software. Surveys were created and distributed via email, IBM SPSS was used for the statistical analysis, and results were compiled and recorded, with the study being reported to the campus Health Center for possible future program creation.

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