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KMID : 0614420140420030151
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Mental Health & Social Work
2014 Volume.42 No. 3 p.151 ~ p.177
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The Recovery Experience of Drug Addicts in a Community - The Regeneration in the Real World
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Baik Hyung-Ui
Han In-Young
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Abstract
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This study aimed to clarify the meaning of the phenomenon experienced by drug addicts during their recovery from addiction by deeply exploring their recovery experience in a community from their perspective. The study subjects were selected from among persons who had been medically diagnosed with substance use and addictive disorders or who had participated in drug-abuse-related programs and have lived a drug-free life for over one year. The data from seven subjects were gathered for four months, from June to October 2013. The four essential themes of the recovery experiences of drug addicts in a community were expressed as follows: “walking into wonderland”, “finding the way out”, “turning back to another reality”, and “newly growing up in the world”. The essence of the recovery experience of drug addicts that had been revealed was expressed as “the regeneration in the real world,” Based on the results of the research, this study intended to contribute to explore the concrete intervention strategies for persons who have recovered from drug addiction to be able to maintain and manage their recovered conditions while such persons interact in the community in positive ways based on their recovery experience and its meaning as drawn from this study, which makes this study significant.
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KEYWORD
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drug addicts, community, recovery experience, qualitative research
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