Resumen: En este artículo, se analizan las narrativas de transformación identitaria de personas que se encuentran en tratamiento por consumo de drogas o recibieron asistencia en el pasado. El material empírico analizado proviene de una investigación cualitativa y se compone de entrevistas semiestructuradas a residentes y ex residentes de tres comunidades terapéuticas confesionales (una evangélica y dos católicas) en el Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires (Argentina). Hay una cronología que refleja el modo en que se configura la conversión religiosa, principal transformación biográfica que estas instituciones persiguen, a partir de la obediencia a las normas de los programas terapéuticos. La conversión es significada como un proceso por el cual se adquieren herramientas para “aprender a manejarse en el afuera” y “vivir limpio/a”.
There is still not enough knowledge available about the psychological resources that promote a welfare state in old age in juxtaposition with the losses at this stage of life. Studies show that happiness levels in older adults are very good, albeit in a context of high concentration of emotional and material losses, and the imminence of death. Unlike the common standpoint that conceives older adults within a biomedical framework, we believe it is necessary to promote an ontological understanding of old age; that is to say an understanding beyond bodily conditions, which includes the meaning of life experiences, and happiness as a tool for active and healthy aging.
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