Recovery Capital and Quality of Life in Stable Recovery From Addiction

O’Sullivan, Deirdre; Xiao, Yi; Watts, Justin R.

doi:10.1177/0034355217730395

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“…Finding new and better ways to cope with the stressors of life by reaching out for help are important in recovery experience (6,9,32,33). 5-Multistage: Recovery consists of different stages and each stage has its own objectives and interventions (4,10,26,34,35).…”

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“…1-Personal Resources: A person's psychological resource, the addiction characteristics, and treatments affect their recovery process. These include self-concept, self-acceptance, belief and skills, attitude, responsibility, hope, openness, honesty, seeing others' achievements, personal experience, childhood traumas, type and severity of addiction, recovery pathway, coping pattern, personal background, knowledge, and mental and physical health (5,21,25,26,28,30,35,(38)(39)(40)(41).…”

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confidence: 99%

“… Improved psychological health: Psychological recovery increases self-worth and self-efficacy; selfacceptance restores identity; and self-perception decreases feeling of shame and guilt, facilitates emotional regulation and management without the need for drug use, helps to gain emotional stability, and brings cognitive reconstruction, and an effective coping mechanism (4,6,20,21,35,44).  Effective citizenship: One of the important consequences of recovery is the respect for our surroundings and others, avoidance of judicial issues, a decrease in crime and leading meaningful lives in the community (4,6,9).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Addiction Recovery: A Systematized Review

Inanlou¹,

Bahmani²,

Farhoudian³

et al. 2020

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Objective: Despite the fact that a practical definition of addiction recovery is necessary to conduct an appropriate intervention and research, this concept is still vague and there is no consensus over its meaning and how to measure it. Thus, this study aimed to define and clarify this concept based on the available literature. Method: The theoretical part of Schwartz_Barcott and Kim’s Hybrid Model of concept analysis was used to analyze the concept of “Addiction Recovery.” To find the relevant literature, an electronic search on valid databases was conducted using keywords related to the concept of addiction recovery. Medlib, IranMedex, Magiran, SID, Irandoc, Google Scholar, PubMed, Web of Science, Medline, Scopus, Pro Quest, CINAHL, Science Direct, Ovid, and Wiley databases were searched up to December 2018 without a time limitation using the following keywords: “Substance use disorders”, “Drug use”, “Recovery”, “Opioids”, “Addiction treatment”, “Dependency”, “Rehabilitation”, Remission”, “Concept analysis”, “Restore”, “Definition”, “Meaning”, and “Conceptualization”. The Conventional content analysis was used on selected research articles. Results: From a total of 9520 articles, 39 were reviewed and analyzed. Five attributes were selected, including the process of change, being holistic, being client-centric, learning healthy coping, and being multistage. Antecedents are organized into 2 interacting categories: personal and social resources. Personal resources refer to the person, his/her addiction, and the treatment characteristics, while social resources refer to the family, the community, and the context resources. Addiction recovery leads to sustained abstinence, improved physical and psychological health, improved quality of life and satisfaction, meaningful living, and citizenship. Conclusion: These findings may form a basis for the theories, scales, and criteria for the assessment of addiction recovery and will be useful in clinical practices and research. Also, these findings could help health care professionals to understand the concept of addiction recovery, which is important in improving the recovering person in all aspects of rehabilitation. We will report the implementation and analytical phase of this research project, namely, “the addiction recovery concept analysis” in Iran.

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Addiction Recovery: A Systematized Review

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“…Also, the biological and psychological impacts of using substances, as well as individual reflections on either quitting all substances or maintaining the use of alcohol or marihuana, were essential parts of the informants' meaning-making. This suggests that professionals should not take for granted that a total absence of substances is 'everybody's aim and should not necessarily define periodic or sporadic substance use as failure [2,6,30,39]. Personal, relational, and environmental resources are often referred to as recovery capital, which contributes to improving wellbeing and the control of substance use [17,30].…”

Section: A Comprehensive Understanding Of Sud and Recoverymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This suggests that professionals should not take for granted that a total absence of substances is 'everybody's aim and should not necessarily define periodic or sporadic substance use as failure [2,6,30,39]. Personal, relational, and environmental resources are often referred to as recovery capital, which contributes to improving wellbeing and the control of substance use [17,30]. Safe housing, close relationships, and activities were essential for the informants to reach their goals of controlling or quitting substance use.…”

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A Comprehensive Approach to Understanding Substance Use Disorder and Recovery: Former Patients’ Experiences and Reflections on the Recovery Process Four Years After Discharge from SUD Treatment

Wangensteen¹,

Hystad²

2021

J. Psychosoc. Rehabil. Ment. Health

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This article concerns people who have developed a substance use disorder (SUD) and sought treatment. SUD is understood as a biopsychosocial disorder. People who want to stop using substances or wish to increase their wellbeing while using substances need to undergo a recovery process. We conducted qualitative interviews with 11 former patients four years after discharge from inpatient SUD treatment in the Tyrili Foundation to explore their experiences and reflections on SUD and the recovery process. The findings indicated that recovery processes are complex, and feelings of wellbeing and success vary over time. Several interrelated aspects of life were essential for seeking a better life: Understanding own substance use; Feeling safe; Understanding the impact of close relationships; and Perceptions of participation and belonging. The informants emphasised the need for access to professional and social support during the recovery process, which, for some, will last for many years. Receiving such support is not understood as a defeat, and each person's resources and vulnerabilities should be recognized and acknowledged. SUD and recovery should be understood using the same coherent approach-as an interplay between biological and psychological factors and social, political and cultural contexts.

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