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dc.contributor.authorBjørnestad, Jone Ravndal
dc.contributor.authorSvendsen, Thomas Solgård
dc.contributor.authorSlyngstad, Tale Ekeroth
dc.contributor.authorErga, Aleksander Hagen
dc.contributor.authorMcKay, James R.
dc.contributor.authorNesvåg, Sverre Martin
dc.contributor.authorSkaalevik, Alexander Waagan
dc.contributor.authorVeseth, Marius
dc.contributor.authorMoltu, Christian
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-20T08:06:43Z
dc.date.available2020-03-20T08:06:43Z
dc.date.issued2019-09-18
dc.PublishedBjørnestad JR, Svendsen TS, Slyngstad TE, Erga AH, McKay JR, Nesvåg S, Skaalevik AW, Veseth M, Moltu C. “A life more ordinary” Processes of 5-year recovery from substance abuse. Experiences of 30 recovered service users. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 2019;10:689eng
dc.identifier.issn1664-0640
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1956/21546
dc.description.abstractBackground: Studies investigating the subjective experiences of long-term recovery from substance use disorder are scarce. Particularly, functional and social factors have received little attention. Objectives: To investigate what long-term recovered service users found to build recovery from substance use disorder. Material and Methods: The study was designed as a phenomenological investigation subjected to thematic analysis. We interviewed 30 long-term recovered adult service users. Results: Our thematic analysis resulted in five themes and several subthemes: 1) paranoia, ambivalence and drug cravings: extreme barriers to ending use; 2) submitting to treatment: a struggle to balance rigid treatment structures with a need for autonomy; 3) surrendering to trust and love: building a whole person; 4) a life more ordinary: surrendering to mainstream social responsibilities; and 5) taking on personal responsibility and gaining autonomy: it has to be me, it cannot be you. Conclusions: Our study sample described long-term recovery as a developmental process from dependency and reactivity to personal autonomy and self-agency. The flux of surrendering to and differentiating from authority appeared to be a driving force in recovery progression. Participants called for treatment to focus on early social readjustment.en_US
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.publisherFrontierseng
dc.rightsAttribution CC BYeng
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/eng
dc.subjectsubstance useeng
dc.subjectsubstance use disordereng
dc.subjectdrug reductioneng
dc.subjectdrug changeeng
dc.subjectrecoveryeng
dc.subjectlong-term recoveryeng
dc.subjectfunctional factorseng
dc.subjectsocial factorseng
dc.title“A life more ordinary” Processes of 5-year recovery from substance abuse. Experiences of 30 recovered service userseng
dc.typePeer reviewed
dc.typeJournal article
dc.date.updated2019-11-20T08:25:05Z
dc.description.versionpublishedVersion
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2019 The Author(s)eng
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00689
dc.identifier.cristin1732543
dc.source.journalFrontiers in Psychiatry


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