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KMID : 0389420100180020125
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Korean Journal of Stress Research
2010 Volume.18 No. 2 p.125 ~ p.136
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Lived Experiences of Alcoholics Who Are in Early Recovery
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Kim Sun-Min
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Abstract
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The study was aimed to explore how the people who are abstinence from drinking experience their family during the period. Eight people agreed to be interviewed and the four themes were revealed. The first theme was enduring the hardship thanks to the experience of having been through thick and thin. The second theme was searching one’s own role that had been lost at home. They wanted to take the position or role (s) that they used to play in the family back. The third theme was having new perspective on their daily routine at home. The fourth theme was finding one’s feet at home. Not only the recovering person has to adjust to the new life but also the family members have to adapt to new situation that they had been long waiting. They appreciated the family for sustaining the family system without leaving anyone behind. The study participants acknowledged that their family have been through thick and thin. With those experiences, their family’s solidarity was made and ’Cheong’ played the major part of protecting the family from separating the family members. Limitations of the findings are noted and suggestions are made for future research examining the effects of family members’ sobriety on families and family members.
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KEYWORD
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Alcoholic family, Lived experience, Family system
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