Addiction Recovery in Services and Policy: An International Overview

Best, David; Hamer, Rebecca

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-36391-8_50

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“…The skills and stamina to transform abstinence into recovery are unlikely without a strong, nonjudgemental support system of people and organizations that know what it takes. 44 However, as evidenced by one of our female participants, support does not need to be via official services.…”

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“…p.259 In the context of another nonwestern county—South Africa—Stokes et al 43 report also the importance of a psychological mind‐set for sustaining recovery, avoiding situations associated with substance use, and keeping otherwise meaningfully engaged. The skills and stamina to transform abstinence into recovery are unlikely without a strong, nonjudgemental support system of people and organizations that know what it takes 44 . However, as evidenced by one of our female participants, support does not need to be via official services.…”

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Pathways to recovery model of youth substance misuse in Assam, India

Madill

Duara

Goswami³

et al. 2022

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Introduction There are global calls for better understanding of substance use disorder (SUD) to inform prevention, risk reduction and treatment of this relapse‐prone disorder. Our aim in this article is to understand the pathways to recovery of youth in Assam, India who have suffered SUD. Methods We recruited 15 participants (11 men and 4 women) via two rehabilitation facilities. All are addicts‐in‐recovery aged 19–24 years. Material was generated through photo‐led interviews, analysed using an inductive variant of thematic analysis and the resulting model refined through expert and participant checks. Results We present a multiroute, multidirectional pathway to recovery model. It has three phases, Recreational Use , Addiction ( Relaxed , Chaotic , Strategic ) and Supported Recovery , each phase consisting of cycling between, or transitioning through, a series of stages. Conclusions The model enhances psycho‐socio‐cultural insights into the experience of risk and recovery, and informs prevention and treatment for youth substance misuse in Assam. This is the first model of its kind and an important public health resource. We discuss the possible transferability of the model to a wider range of contexts. Patient or Public Contribution The model presented was generated through analysis of interviews with addicts‐in‐recovery. Four of these addicts‐in‐recovery, and two mental health and rehabilitation service providers, conducted participant and expert checks of the model leading to its improvement.

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Pathways to recovery model of youth substance misuse in Assam, India

Madill

Duara

Goswami³

et al. 2022

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Young Adult Resilience for Recovery From Substance Addiction in Assam, India: Lived Experience Insights From a Photo‐Led Interview Study

Graber,

Duara,

Goswami

et al. 2024

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Substance addiction can be considered a form of social injustice grounded in interactions between individual, family and community‐level risk factors. Although prevention and treatment of substance use disorder is a key target of the United Nations sustainable development goal Good Health and Well‐Being, many low‐and‐middle‐income countries lack a culturally validated approach for its management. We contend that a resilience approach may provide a sound basis from which to develop such an approach in non‐western, low‐resource settings. Hence, the aim of this study is to identify factors supporting resilience for recovery from substance addiction in the lived experience of young adults in Assam, India. We used photo‐led interviews to centre the lived experience of young adult addicts‐in‐recovery (11 men, 5 women; 19–24 years) recruited through two rehabilitation services and their networks. Reflexive thematic analysis of the data produced three clusters of themes: (i) precursors to recovery; (ii) repairing relationships; and, (iii) structuring a life of recovery. Findings are discussed and potential areas for intervention are identified to support a multi‐level, culturally informed, community‐driven approach to recovery from substance addiction.

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The Sober Professor: Reflections on the Sober Paradox, Sober Phobia, and Disclosing an Alcohol Recovery Identity in Academia

Burns

2021

Contemporary Drug Problems

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Fueled by stigma, individuals in, or seeking recovery from addiction struggle with disclosure across personal and professional life domains. Guided by the concepts of stigma and alcogenic environments, this paper explores the risks, benefits, and paradoxes of disclosing an alcohol addiction recovery identity from the perspective of an assistant professor in a Canadian university context. It argues that disclosure can be a promising way to strengthen personal recovery, combat self and public stigma, help build community, model authenticity and transparency in teaching and research roles, shift university drinking culture, and provide a safer environment for others to disclose and/or seek help for addiction. Policy and practice recommendations are provided.

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Addiction Recovery in Services and Policy: An International Overview

Cited by 3 publications

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Pathways to recovery model of youth substance misuse in Assam, India

Pathways to recovery model of youth substance misuse in Assam, India

Young Adult Resilience for Recovery From Substance Addiction in Assam, India: Lived Experience Insights From a Photo‐Led Interview Study

The Sober Professor: Reflections on the Sober Paradox, Sober Phobia, and Disclosing an Alcohol Recovery Identity in Academia

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