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Into the unknown: Treatment as a social arena for drug users’ transition into a non-using life

Nordisk alkohol- & narkotikatidskrift : NAT, 2019-06, Vol.36 (3), p.248-266 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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  • Title:
    Into the unknown: Treatment as a social arena for drug users’ transition into a non-using life
  • Author: Robertson, Inger Eide ; Nesvåg, Sverre Martin
  • Subjects: Abstinence ; Alcohol abuse ; Bourdieu, Pierre (1930-2002) ; Drug abuse ; Drug addiction ; Drug use ; Drugs ; Habitus ; Health services utilization ; Helpseeking ; Life stage transitions ; Qualitative research ; Reconfiguration ; Relapse ; Research Reports ; Social environment ; Social networks ; Social organization ; Substance abuse ; Transformation ; Transformations ; Treatment methods
  • Is Part Of: Nordisk alkohol- & narkotikatidskrift : NAT, 2019-06, Vol.36 (3), p.248-266
  • Description: Background and aims: For people trying to stop using alcohol or other drugs (AOD), the process is often characterised by periods of abstinence followed by relapse into their previous drug-related way of life and subsequent re-entry into the treatment system. There is a call for greater attention to the how of these transitions, with a special focus on the phase of leaving treatment. The aim of this article was to get a better understanding of the transformation of practice when moving from a drug-using to a non-using lifestyle by exploring the experience of (1) the involvement in treatment settings, (2) the process of leaving treatment, and finally, (3) the early phase of changing everyday practice into a drug-free way of living. Method: The article takes on a social practice approach, in particular Bourdieu’s concepts of habitus, “doxa” and field to analyse 17 in-depth interviews with Norwegian men and women seeking treatment for problems resulting from the use of drugs and/or alcohol. Results: The study shows that the support of professionals operates as transitional relations that can bridge the transformation from a drug-using to a drug-free life, by providing a social web of relations, positions, settings and activities. However, leaving treatment and establishing AOD-free practice involves moving into something unknown in the sense that there is no embodied, taken-for-granted knowledge about how to relate to a world where drug use is not the focal point of existence. Conclusions: The process of change, then, involves being exposed to an existential feeling of maladjustment. To get beyond the feeling of maladjustment, and get into the doxic mode takes time, and involves reconfiguration of habitus through reorientation of social settings, relations and networks. The treatment system could potentially develop a continuum of support during these transformations.
  • Publisher: London, England: SAGE Publications
  • Language: English;Danish;Norwegian;Swedish
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1455-0725
    EISSN: 1458-6126
    DOI: 10.1177/1455072518796898
    PMID: 32934563
  • Source: ProQuest One Psychology
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    PubMed Central
    ProQuest Central
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