What is recovery? Functioning and recovery stories of self-identified people in recovery in a services user group and their peer networks in Birmingham England

David W. Best; Teodora Groshkova; James Sadler; Ed Day; William L. White

doi:10.1080/07347324.2011.586270

What is recovery? Functioning and recovery stories of self-identified people in recovery in a services user group and their peer networks in Birmingham England

David W. Best, Teodora Groshkova, James Sadler, Ed Day, William L. White

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The study was based on a peer snowballing method involving members of a service users group in Birmingham, United Kingdom, who were asked to identify and interview members of their peer networks who had achieved "sustained recovery" of one year. Two hundred and nineteen individuals were recruited who defined themselves as being in recovery, consisting of 132 individuals in medication maintained recovery and 87 in abstinent recovery. Those in maintained recovery were more anxious about using heroin and had lower self-efficacy, worse physical health, poorer quality of life, and more peer group members still using. Being older was associated with greater quality of life (rather than time since last use) supporting a "maturing out" hypothesis.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	293-313
Number of pages	21
Journal	Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly
Volume	29
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/07347324.2011.586270
Publication status	Published - Jul 2011
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

methadone maintenance
psychological well-being
quality of life
Recovery

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