Recovery from alcoholism and substance abuse has had an ignominious history. There does not appear to be any statistics that stand up to any rigorous fact-checking which show how well treatment centers do at helping their clients to stay sober. Statistics that are used to show success rates are not considered credible and they are shockingly low. Despite these issues, substance abuse research has failed to link the historical knowledge of why people stay sober for long periods of time with what is being taught in treatment centers in hopes of creating a better, more accurate outcome. The qualitative, phenomenological research study was conducted to ascertain whether a treatment center was teaching the curriculum components that prior research studies had found allowed an addict or alcoholic to stay sober for 20 plus years. Twelve volunteer participants (i.e., nine clients and three counselors), at a treatment center located in Southeast Florida, were interviewe d regarding their perceptions of the curricula being taught in the treatment center. Patterns emerged with the clients regarding their perceptions of spirituality and 12-step programs, believing that spirituality and 12-step programs were significantly emphasized in treatment and that they were very important to their recovery when they left treatment. Counselors agreed with this finding, but felt stronger about the importance of family and social support than did the clients. Overall, the clients felt that what was emphasized in treatment was important to their recovery and intended to use their new knowledge in helping them stay sober. Implications for treatment centers and recommendations for future studies are discussed. / Includes bibliography. / Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2015. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T20:40:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Jair Lourenco da Silva.pdf: 1752349 bytes, checksum: 8b0165463550a9060827180bb1ece90d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-06-18 / The purpose of this study is to propose an intervention in family systems with an addicted member. An intervention that may be applied by non-psychotherapist caretakers, i.e., substance dependence advisors, working in therapeutic communities, who will participate in this research. Therapeutic communities for substance addicts are important resources, described by the Brazilian National Anti-Drug Department, in the drug-fighting network, however, as most of the substance dependence services, they require interventions in the family level. Due to this need and the complexity of the phenomenon, substance dependence experts have oriented approaches in this scope. By means of a qualitative research, we will seek to investigate, among the caretakers involved in this research (former substance addicts recovered for at least one year), the functioning patterns of their family systems in the generational and transgenerational levels. We will seek to develop along with the participants the understanding of the relationship patterns in their original and current families, with the purpose of valuing the competences and rescuing the resilient aspects of these caretaker families systems. Therefore, our purpose is to create, together with these caretakers, an intervention instrument, easily applicable by non-psychotherapists working with families involved with the problems of substance addiction, to empower them to fight the drug-addiction cycle / O presente estudo tem como objetivo apresentar uma proposta de intervenção nos sistemas familiares com membro adicto. Uma intervenção que possa ser aplicada por cuidadores não-psicoterapeutas, ou seja, conselheiros em dependência química, que trabalhem em comunidades terapêuticas, os quais serão os participantes desta pesquisa. As comunidades terapêuticas para dependentes químicos são importantes recursos, descritos pela Secretária Nacional Antidrogas, na rede de atenção ao enfrentamento das drogas, porém, assim como a maioria dos serviços para dependência química, carecem de intervenções em nível familiar. Em virtude dessa carência e da complexidade do fenômeno é que especialistas em dependência química têm orientado abordagens neste âmbito. Por meio de uma pesquisa qualitativa, procuraremos investigar, entre os cuidadores envolvidos nesta pesquisa (ex-dependentes químicos recuperados há pelo menos um ano), os padrões de funcionamento de seus sistemas familiares no plano geracional e transgeracional. Buscaremos desenvolver, junto aos participantes, a compreensão dos padrões de relacionamento em sua família de origem e atual, com o intuito de valorizar as competências e resgatar os aspectos resilientes dos sistemas familiares destes cuidadores. Nosso objetivo, então, é criar, junto com estes cuidadores, um instrumento de intervenção, facilmente aplicável por não-psicoterapeutas que trabalhem com famílias envolvidas com a problemática da dependência química, para o empoderamento destas no enfrentamento do ciclo da drogadicção

Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2017-06-22T12:19:46Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Sandra Regina Martins Caldas.pdf: 1508699 bytes, checksum: 748d89be44fc628649fefa233d65bac7 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-06-22T12:19:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Sandra Regina Martins Caldas.pdf: 1508699 bytes, checksum: 748d89be44fc628649fefa233d65bac7 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-06-13 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / This study aims to assess the Nar-Anon anonymous mutual-aid family groups of drug addicts based on reviews from interviewees experiences with members of this brotherhood in the city of São Paulo. What values are incorporated by its members? How do such groups achieve their primary goal of providing support to addicts’ family members? This research was conducted based on the use of semi-structured interviews as well as a bibliographic study on the structure of these groups, an ethnographic analysis on the experience within the Nar-Anon groups considering the material collected through the interviews alongside the researcher's own experience over eight years of attendance in two rooms of the brotherhood in the city, between 2008 and 2016.Therefore, emphasis is placed on the sense attributed by the group to recovery and spirituality for the construction of a new way of live coexisting with the chemical dependency syndrome. The approach adopted here will be that of Magnani, for whom looking close up and within (2002) allows one the apprehension of behaviors and meanings, for that matter, turning to a look from outside and from a distance for a broadened understanding of these groups as a totality. Authors like Foucault, Le Breton, Goffman, Novaes, and Campbell provide a critical view on the collected material / Este projeto tem por objetivo investigar os grupos anônimos de mutua ajuda para familiares de dependentes químicos – Nar-Anon, a partir de análises de vivências experimentadas por entrevistados junto a frequentadores da irmandade na cidade de São Paulo. Que valores são incorporados por seus membros? De que forma conseguem tais grupos praticar seu objetivo primordial que é o de prestar ajuda a familiares de dependentes químicos? Esta pesquisa optou por entrevistas semi-estruturadas bem como de um estudo bibliográfico sobre a estrutura desses grupos, uma análise etnográfica sobre a vivência dentro dos grupos de Nar-Anon a partir do material coletado através das entrevistas bem como da experiência da própria pesquisadora ao longo de oito anos de participação em duas salas da irmandade na cidade, entre 2008 e 2016. Assim, busca-se ênfase no sentido, atribuído pelo grupo, à recuperação e espiritualidade para a construção de uma nova maneira de viver dentro da convivência com a síndrome da dependência química. A perspectiva adotada será a de Magnani, para quem o olhar de perto de dentro (2002), permite a apreensão de comportamentos e significados, para aí sim, se passar a um olhar de fora e de longe para a compreensão destes grupos enquanto totalidade. Autores Como Foucault, Le Breton, Goffman, Novaes e Campbell propiciam um olhar crítico sobre o material coletado

Thesis (PhD. (Social Work)) --University of the North, 2004. / Refer to the document / The Department of Arts, Culture , Science and Technology (DACST)

<p>Studiens syfte har varit att få kunskap om hemlösa klienters syn på sin boendesituation. Samt att få fördjupad kunskap om klienternas upplevelse av möjlighet till förändring och hur de beskriver att de bemöts och behandlas på Beroendeverksamhetens gruppboenden. En kvalitativ metod har använts för att besvara syftet. Det empiriska materialet består av intervjuer med sju personer som för närvarande bor på ett kommunalt gruppboende. Tolkningsramen har utgjorts av teorier och forskning kring förändringsprocesser och strategier för att motverka hemlöshet. Rollteori har också använts för att ge en djupare förståelse för interaktionen mellan individer och mellan individ och organisation.</p><p>Resultaten visar att det är svårt att trivas på en institution. Det har mycket att göra med den maktstruktur som präglar en sådan inrättning. I studien framkom att det skapas motståndsstrategier för att värja sig i en sådan situation. Resultatet visar också att motstånd skapas när man inte känner sig delaktig i sin egen förändringsprocess. Det är viktigt för de boende att kunna påverka sin boendesituation. Boende som tycker de får hjälp på boendet anser att de kan använda vistelsen till något positivt.</p><p>Personalens roll inskränker sig för de boendes del till att vara behjälpliga med praktiska saker, ett slags yttre förändring. Någon tycker att personalen även kan vara ett socialt stöd i en inre mening, att hjälpa de boende med strategier som gör att de kan fortsätta att leva ett drogfritt liv. Studien visar vidare att man både önskar mer av socialt stöd samtidigt som några upplever att man själv är det bästa verktyget i en förändringsprocess. Resultatet visar slutligen att institutionens strikta regler blir en viktig förändringsfaktor i klienternas liv. Kravet på drogfrihet gör att de boende får upp ögonen på ett alternativt sätt att leva. Slutsatsen är att institutionen bidrar till att förmedla känslan av att en förändring är möjlig.</p> / <p>ABSTRACT</p><p>Title: ”It’s not supposed to be a bloody hangout where you bring people and stuff” A study on how homeless clients feels about living in communal group homes provided to them by the social services.</p><p>The purpose of this paper has been to gain knowledge about homeless clients view on their housing situation. And also to learn more about how clients perceive the possibility to change and how they feel they are being treated at the social services collective housing facilities. A qualitative approach has been used in order to answer these questions. The empirical material consists of seven interviews with people currently staying at the communal homes mentioned above. The study’s frame of interpretation has consisted of theories and research about changing processes and strategies to counteract homelessness. Role theory has also been used in order to provide a deeper understanding of the interaction between individuals and between individual and organisation.</p><p>The results in general show that it is hard to feel at home in an institutional setting. This has mainly to do with the unequal power structure that exists in such places. The study shows that under such circumstances oppressed people develop resistance strategies in order to cope. Furthermore the results points to the fact that resistance is more likely to occur when you’re feeling that you have no influence on your own future life situation. It is vital for the residents’ well being to be able to have an active part in their living situation. Those who feel they get adequate help in the institution are most likely to see the stay as a positive experience.</p><p>The role of the staff is primarily limited to helping out with practical things. This can be seen as a way of helping the residents to adapt to society’s rules. Someone thinks that the staff also can function as a social support that helps them rethink their attitude towards their drug abuse. The results are somewhat ambiguous in that respect. The clients do want more of social support from the staff. At the same time they emphasises that the best agent in a successful changing process is the own self. The results finally show that the strict rules of the institution turn out to play an important role as a changing factor in the lives of the clients. The demand for total abstinence from drugs and alcohol helps in demonstrating for the clients an alternative way to live. The conclusion of this is that the institution contributes in conveying the message that change is in fact possible.</p>

The purpose of this qualitative study was to determine from the treated students' perspective what teacher behaviors facilitate recovery and what teacher behaviors inhibit recovery. Study participants included 16 high school students who had completed treatment for alcohol and drug dependency in grades 9-12, and 112 teachers. Students and teachers were interviewed to better explain the phenomenon from their perspectives. Data gathered from student interviews, student journal recordings, observer notes, and teacher interviews were used as corroborating data. The constant comparative method was used to analyze data (Glaser & Strauss, 1967).Five major themes emerged from the data analysis explaining the effects of teacher behavior on students who had completed treatment for drug and alcohol dependency. The data were segmented into themes using a bi-polar structure. These themes were: (1) student performance; (2) student communication; (3) student relations: security; (4) student: affective; and, (5) authority: student behavior. These themes yielded student identified causal conditions, intervening conditions, and action/reaction strategies that either inhibited or facilitated recovery.The data showed students did not have neutral feelings; they had either negative or positive feelings about their personal interactions with teachers or their observations of teachers' interaction with other teachers and/or other students. Teacher behaviors which resulted in negative student behavior consequences in each of the five major theme categories were not helpful to students and inhibited their recovery. Teacher behaviors which resulted in positive student behavior consequences in each of the five major theme categories helped students and facilitated their recovery.

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Studiens syfte har varit att få kunskap om hemlösa klienters syn på sin boendesituation. Samt att få fördjupad kunskap om klienternas upplevelse av möjlighet till förändring och hur de beskriver att de bemöts och behandlas på Beroendeverksamhetens gruppboenden. En kvalitativ metod har använts för att besvara syftet. Det empiriska materialet består av intervjuer med sju personer som för närvarande bor på ett kommunalt gruppboende. Tolkningsramen har utgjorts av teorier och forskning kring förändringsprocesser och strategier för att motverka hemlöshet. Rollteori har också använts för att ge en djupare förståelse för interaktionen mellan individer och mellan individ och organisation. Resultaten visar att det är svårt att trivas på en institution. Det har mycket att göra med den maktstruktur som präglar en sådan inrättning. I studien framkom att det skapas motståndsstrategier för att värja sig i en sådan situation. Resultatet visar också att motstånd skapas när man inte känner sig delaktig i sin egen förändringsprocess. Det är viktigt för de boende att kunna påverka sin boendesituation. Boende som tycker de får hjälp på boendet anser att de kan använda vistelsen till något positivt. Personalens roll inskränker sig för de boendes del till att vara behjälpliga med praktiska saker, ett slags yttre förändring. Någon tycker att personalen även kan vara ett socialt stöd i en inre mening, att hjälpa de boende med strategier som gör att de kan fortsätta att leva ett drogfritt liv. Studien visar vidare att man både önskar mer av socialt stöd samtidigt som några upplever att man själv är det bästa verktyget i en förändringsprocess. Resultatet visar slutligen att institutionens strikta regler blir en viktig förändringsfaktor i klienternas liv. Kravet på drogfrihet gör att de boende får upp ögonen på ett alternativt sätt att leva. Slutsatsen är att institutionen bidrar till att förmedla känslan av att en förändring är möjlig. / ABSTRACT Title: ”It’s not supposed to be a bloody hangout where you bring people and stuff” A study on how homeless clients feels about living in communal group homes provided to them by the social services. The purpose of this paper has been to gain knowledge about homeless clients view on their housing situation. And also to learn more about how clients perceive the possibility to change and how they feel they are being treated at the social services collective housing facilities. A qualitative approach has been used in order to answer these questions. The empirical material consists of seven interviews with people currently staying at the communal homes mentioned above. The study’s frame of interpretation has consisted of theories and research about changing processes and strategies to counteract homelessness. Role theory has also been used in order to provide a deeper understanding of the interaction between individuals and between individual and organisation. The results in general show that it is hard to feel at home in an institutional setting. This has mainly to do with the unequal power structure that exists in such places. The study shows that under such circumstances oppressed people develop resistance strategies in order to cope. Furthermore the results points to the fact that resistance is more likely to occur when you’re feeling that you have no influence on your own future life situation. It is vital for the residents’ well being to be able to have an active part in their living situation. Those who feel they get adequate help in the institution are most likely to see the stay as a positive experience. The role of the staff is primarily limited to helping out with practical things. This can be seen as a way of helping the residents to adapt to society’s rules. Someone thinks that the staff also can function as a social support that helps them rethink their attitude towards their drug abuse. The results are somewhat ambiguous in that respect. The clients do want more of social support from the staff. At the same time they emphasises that the best agent in a successful changing process is the own self. The results finally show that the strict rules of the institution turn out to play an important role as a changing factor in the lives of the clients. The demand for total abstinence from drugs and alcohol helps in demonstrating for the clients an alternative way to live. The conclusion of this is that the institution contributes in conveying the message that change is in fact possible.

The purpose of this study was to gather insights from recovering (from addictions) Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACA) at Pathway to Recovery, Inc., Indianapolis, IN, who have participated in a pilot family addictions treatment group. This research gives evidence on the group counseling support that ACA group members reported they received and/or determined they needed to receive regarding: their (1) addictions and recovery; (2) specific family of origin roles; and (3) basic ACA issues; as well as information needed to continue living a healthy, productive, drug-free life-style, and; the assistance counselors/therapists could give in this endeavor.A case study methodology was used for this research. Eight informants were purposively selected from a total of 45 ACA group members. Three interviews were conducted with each of the eight informants. Retrospective, structured, and semi-structured interviews, as described by Fraenkel and Wallen (1996) were utilized. Since an interview guide was unavailable for use in this study, one was created.The following four conclusions were drawn from the results of this study:1. The evidence collected suggests that the eight informants benefited from the three-pronged (addictions, ACA issues, specific family role) Recovery, Inc.2. The evidence (detailed in Chapter Four) indicated that many of the actions described herein assisted informants after leaving the ACA group and that the group was responsible for many of the positive changes.3. Accepting oneself was identified most often as the step needed to achieve and maintain sobriety.4. Learning about family issues and studying childhood behaviors may be painful as well as helpful.Results of this study were not generalized beyond these eight informants. However, this study contributed new information to the field of addictions and family roles research by describing the actions, behaviors, thoughts and feelings of these eight informants. / Department of Educational Leadership