Background: In 2017, there were 675,000 individuals aged 17–84 who reported that they had used drugs. Those with addictions are individuals who often encounter social work in one way or another. The contact can be established at an early age, before the abuse has started, and apply to problems surrounding divorced parents and parents with addiction, something that has been shown to have a connection with an individual's later addiction. Aim: The aim of the study is to investigate and create an increased understanding of sober alcoholics and drug addicts' perception of their lives. The aim is to put the interviewees life experiences in connection to their understandings of abusing alcohol and drugs. Method: The study is a qualitative interview study conducted on five people who all had substance abuse problems. The interviewees were chosen based on convenience and snowball sampling. Semi-structured interviews were held, and the analysis method hermeneutics was applied. Results: The study has shown how negative events in childhood can create anxiety and worry in individuals that can later be linked to addiction in adulthood. Conclusions: The development of an addiction can be linked to the availability of drugs, an individual's negative self-image and various types of deviant behaviour. Keywords: addiction, neglect in childhood, motivation, sobriety.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:mdh-63370 |
| Date | January 2023 |
| Creators | Ek Lanz, Lisa, Gustafson, Anna |
| Publisher | Mälardalens universitet, Akademin för hälsa, vård och välfärd |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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