Recovery Capital and Social Networks Among People in Treatment and Among Those in Recovery in York, England

Best, David; McKitterick, Trish; Beswick, T. S. L.; Savic, Michael

doi:10.1080/07347324.2015.1050931

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“…The literature on recovery has recognised that the struggle of making pervasive lifestyle changes is as complex and unique as the individuals involved, including multiple dimensions and factors interwoven with the broader social context of individuals’ everyday lives ( Cloud & Granfield, 2008 ; Hser & Anglin, 2011 ; Laudet, 2007 ; Leamy, Bird, Boutillier, & Slade, 2011 ; Ness, Borg, & Davidson, 2014 ; White, 2008 ). Other studies (see, e.g., Best, McKitterick, Beswick, & Savic, 2015 ; Cloud & Granfield, 2008 ), bring forward the concept of social capital to understand the individual journey of change-making processes, highlighting “social capital as a critical determinant of building personal strengths and resources and for tapping into community supports and resources” ( Best et al, 2015 , p. 272). Thus, there is strong evidence for acknowledging that moving from a drug-using to a non-using lifestyle is a long-term process occurring in communities predicated on relationships and meaningful activities ( Best, Beswick, Hodgkins, & Idle, 2016 ; Best et al, 2015 ; McKay, 2017 ).…”

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“…Other studies (see, e.g., Best, McKitterick, Beswick, & Savic, 2015 ; Cloud & Granfield, 2008 ), bring forward the concept of social capital to understand the individual journey of change-making processes, highlighting “social capital as a critical determinant of building personal strengths and resources and for tapping into community supports and resources” ( Best et al, 2015 , p. 272). Thus, there is strong evidence for acknowledging that moving from a drug-using to a non-using lifestyle is a long-term process occurring in communities predicated on relationships and meaningful activities ( Best, Beswick, Hodgkins, & Idle, 2016 ; Best et al, 2015 ; McKay, 2017 ).…”

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Into the unknown: Treatment as a social arena for drug users’ transition into a non-using life

Robertson

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2018

Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

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Background and aims: For people trying to stop using alcohol or other drugs (AOD), the process is often characterised by periods of abstinence followed by relapse into their previous drug-related way of life and subsequent re-entry into the treatment system. There is a call for greater attention to the how of these transitions, with a special focus on the phase of leaving treatment. The aim of this article was to get a better understanding of the transformation of practice when moving from a drug-using to a non-using lifestyle by exploring the experience of (1) the involvement in treatment settings, (2) the process of leaving treatment, and finally, (3) the early phase of changing everyday practice into a drug-free way of living. Method: The article takes on a social practice approach, in particular Bourdieu's concepts of habitus, "doxa" and field to analyse 17 in-depth interviews with Norwegian men and women seeking treatment for problems resulting from the use of drugs and/or alcohol. Results: The study shows that the support of professionals operates as transitional relations that can bridge the transformation from a drug-using to a drugfree life, by providing a social web of relations, positions, settings and activities. However, leaving

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Into the unknown: Treatment as a social arena for drug users’ transition into a non-using life

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2018

Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

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“…There are four areas in which the recovery movement can be seen as having brought clear benefits that are in keeping with US ideals of a recovery-oriented system of care ( Sheedy & Whitter, 2009 ): It has led to a re-balancing of the treatment system and a reminder of the importance of aftercare (e.g., McKay, 2016 ) in ensuring that the acute needs of clients are supplemented by ongoing needs around such things as recovery housing (e.g., Jason, Olson, & Foli, 2006 ), employment and education and wider issues of quality of life and wellbeing. As a consequence the focus has shifted to some degree from the clinic to the community and increased attention on families and environments that are supportive of positive change, and it has led to an increasingly inclusive model of change that has brought increased focus on resources in the community (Asset Based Community Development; ABCD; Best, McKitterick, Beswick, & Savic, 2015 ) and to the idea that there is a community response that requires a collective and participative approach. This also involves the transition from the status of the client and expert dyad to much more of a partnership approach ( Sheedy & Whitter, 2009 ).…”

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The recovery movement and its implications for policy, commissioning and practice

Best

Alwis²,

Burdett

2017

Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

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While a recovery approach is widespread and relatively unquestioned in the USA, its implementation in the UK and to a lesser extent in Australia has provoked a number of questions about what this means in practice and what some of the implications are for treatment. This is particularly important as there is growing interest in recovery in Western Europe with policy recognition in Belgium and the Netherlands, and increased interest in research issues around recovery.\ud \ud What this article sets out to do is to discuss the implications of a recovery model for commissioning and treatment systems, with a focus on where recovery approaches sit and what they can offer in terms of added value to treatment approaches

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“…Relationships can be a life‐changing resource for individuals attempting desistance and recovery journeys (Best et al . ; Ruiu ; Sampson and Laub ; Weaver ; Wilson ), and the resulting social capital has the capacity to help bridge the gap from prison to the community (Wolff and Draine ). The resources required by an individual pre‐release to support a smooth transition back into the community are vast; numerous barriers are often encountered on the journey to resettlement (Phillips and Lindsay ) and, as such, a pool of resources increases the likelihood of success.…”

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Building Bridges to the Community: the Kirkham Family Connectors (KFC) Prison Programme

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Families represent a form of social capital that can influence effective reintegration depending on the strength of the bond, and the nature of the relationship. An innovative training programme delivered at HMP Kirkham was designed to mobilise the strengths of prisoners, in the period prior to their release, by engaging family members as bridges to community resources and by a shared planning process designed to build stronger bonds between prisoners and their families. The conceptual framework for the Kirkham Family Connectors (KFC) project is based on the principles of Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) and Assertive Linkage (assisting individuals in engaging with such assets). The project aimed to build prisoner resettlement capital by identifying what each prisoner's skills and strengths were, what enthused and engaged them, and to create partnerships with family members to establish accessible pathways to related resources in the communities to which they would be returning on their release. Evaluation data show that the programme generated hope and a sense of partnership among participants and key lessons for a strengths‐based intervention to support the prison‐community transition. All three of the participating groups – staff, prisoners, and families – reported positive engagement and an emerging sense of hope, and group cohesion through shared goals. There is considerable scope for both peer and probation staff delivery of the programme in the future, and for extending the scale and the scope of the project.

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Recovery Capital and Social Networks Among People in Treatment and Among Those in Recovery in York, England

Cited by 42 publications

References 21 publications

Into the unknown: Treatment as a social arena for drug users’ transition into a non-using life

Into the unknown: Treatment as a social arena for drug users’ transition into a non-using life

The recovery movement and its implications for policy, commissioning and practice

Building Bridges to the Community: the Kirkham Family Connectors (KFC) Prison Programme

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