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"You're All Going to Hate the Word 'Recovery' by the End of This": Service Users' Views of Measuring Addiction Recovery
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Neale, Joanne; Tompkins, Charlotte; Wheeler, Carly; Finch, Emily; Marsden, John; Mitcheson, Luke; Rose, Diana; Wykes, Til; Strang, John – Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 2015
Aims: To explore how service users' views of measuring addiction recovery differ from those of service providers. Methods: Five focus groups conducted in two English cities with (i) people currently using Class A drugs (n = 6); (ii) people currently using alcohol (n = 12); (iii) individuals in residential detoxification (n = 12); (iv) individuals…
Descriptors: Addictive Behavior, Drug Rehabilitation, Individual Differences, Drinking
Recovery from Problem Drug Use: What Can We Learn from the Dociologist Erving Goffman?
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Neale, Joanne; Nettleton, Sarah; Pickering, Lucy – Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 2011
In this commentary, we critically review the contribution of the sociologist Erving Goffman (1922-1982) to understanding recovery from problem drug use. Previous research has indicated that drug users have a "spoiled identity" and must restore a "normal" or "unspoiled" identity in order to recover. This argument has been linked to Goffman's…
Descriptors: Drug Use, Sociology, Self Concept, Drug Rehabilitation