Full Description
In this much-needed text, leading international experts explore crucial aspects of people's experience of long-term recovery from substance use.
Centred around the voices of people who use substances, the book examines the complex and continuing needs of people who have sought to change their use of substances, investigating the ways in which personal characteristics and social and systemic factors intersect to influence the lives of people in long-term recovery. With perspectives from Sweden, Norway, Germany, Belgium, Iceland and the United Kingdom, it also considers the role and needs of family members, and puts forward clear recommendations for improving future research, policy and practice.
Contents
Part 1: Critical explorations of long-term recovery
1. Recovery as long term: an introduction ‾ Alastair Roy, Sarah Galvani and Amanda Clayson
2. Is measuring long-term recovery desirable, necessary or even possible? ‾ Wulf Livingston
3. Telling recovery stories: an exploration of the relationship between policy, practice and lived experience ‾ Alastair Roy and Jennifer Christensen
4. Change processes in long-term recovery for individuals with present and former substance-use dependence ‾ Thomas Solgaard Svendsen
5. Provider and user perspectives on long-term recovery in England: how do we know when we are done? ‾ Maike Klein and John Hill
Part 2: Intimate relationships, trauma and long-term recovery
6. Women's and men's stories about sex and intimate relationships in long-term recovery from problematic drug use ‾ Anette Skårner and Bengt Svensson
7. Multiple recoveries: substance use and trauma ‾ Sarah Fox and Karin Berg
8. Being a partner in long-term recovery: stories from female partners in Norway ‾ Sari Lindeman and Lillian Bruland Selseng
9. Long-term recovery for the 'adult children' of parents who use alcohol in Iceland ‾ Jóna Ólafsdóttir and Amanda Clayson
Part 3: Diversity across the lifespan in long-term recovery
10. Social and structural issues in recovery among migrants and ethnic minorities: an exploration of cultural competence and individual recovery perspectives ‾ Charlotte De Kock and Aline Pouille
11. Transitions in long-term recovery: mapping adolescent development theory to better understand identity change in recovery ‾ Lucy Webb, Amanda Clayson and Nigel Cox
12. Care, continuity and change in long-term recovery: the experiences of older opioid users in long-term recovery in three German regions ‾ Ines Arendt
13. When long-term recovery isn't an option: people at the end of life ‾ Sam Wright and Gemma Yarwood
14. Conclusion: Critical reflections, theories and key messages ‾ Sarah Galvani, Alastair Roy and Amanda Clayson
