Images and Theories of Addiction

Egerer, Michael; Ruuska, Arto

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“…There is, for instance, a close connection between drinking behavior and drinking stories (Tutenges & Sandberg, 2013), insofar as these drinking stories serve to transform distressing events into positive memories (Fjær, 2012). Studies on media coverage (Beccaria et al, 2015; Hellman & Room, 2015; Törrönen, Simonen, & Tigerstedt, 2015; Winter, 2016), social media (Dwyer & Fraser, 2016), classical literature (Allamani & Mattiacci, 2015), and film (Egerer, 2013; Room, 2015) demonstrate that storytelling and conceptualizations of substance use problems vary over time and place. Cross-cultural variations in media narratives are found to reflect basic beliefs and assumptions that societies hold about people with substance use problems (Beccaria et al, 2015; Hellman, Majamäki, Rolando, Bujalski, & Lemmens, 2015; Hellman & Room, 2015).…”

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Formula Stories of the “Substance-Using Client”

Selseng

2017

Contemporary Drug Problems

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This study explores how socially circulating stories about clients with substance use problems serve as a cultural resource for welfare workers. By examining data drawn from interviews with service providers, the article analyzes the contents and functions of circulating stories about substance-using clients. The data consist of teller-focused interviews with 23 counselors working for the Norwegian Labor and Welfare Administration. Informed by the concept of formula stories, the article analyzes the symbolic and emotional codes embedded in the socially circulating stories and the plots and characters they produce. The analysis identifies four formula stories with corresponding plots, codes, and characters: the addicted, the unreliable, the deteriorating, and the stigmatized client. By exploring the contents of formula stories, the article reveals culturally embedded assumptions, which make the stories applicable and believable. Furthermore, it addresses the functions of these stories as models for client identities and in legitimizing social welfare practices and the professionals' feelings about working with substance use problems.

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Section: Formula Stories and Client Identitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Formula Stories of the “Substance-Using Client”

Selseng

2017

Contemporary Drug Problems

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Images and Theories of Addiction

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