Drugs and Alcohol Today: Volume 16 Issue 1
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Guest Editors: Polly Radcliffe and Charlotte Tompkins
A safe place to reflect on the meaning of recovery: a recovery community co-productive approach using multimedia interviewing technology
Nigel Cox, Amanda Clayson, Lucy WebbThe purpose of this paper is to develop further the understanding of co-productive methodological practice for substance use research by demonstrating the use of a mobile…
Understanding recovery: the perspective of substance misusing offenders
Sarah Senker, Gill GreenThe purpose of this paper is to critically regard the concept of recovery from the perspective of substance misusing offenders. It intended to understand how these individuals…
“Once you’ve been there, you’re always recovering”: exploring experiences, outcomes, and benefits of substance misuse recovery
Hannah Timpson, Lindsay Eckley, Harry Sumnall, Marissa Pendlebury, Gordon HayRecovery is a central component of UK substance misuse policy, however, relatively little is known about the views and meanings of recovery by those experiencing it. The purpose…
Gender, recovery and contemporary UK drug policy
Emma Wincup– The purpose of this paper is to provide a gendered reading of the 2010 UK drug strategy and draw out the implications of the new recovery paradigm for female drug users.
The potential of prisons to support drug recovery
Philippa Hearty, Emma Wincup, Nat M. J. WrightRecovery is the predominant discourse within current UK drug policy, promoted as freedom from dependence. In support of such a policy driver, prison drug recovery wings have been…
Diet and nutrient intake of people receiving opioid agonist treatment (OAT): implications for recovery
Suzanne Sayuri Ii, Lisa Ryan, Joanne NealeThe purpose of this paper is to provide new insights into the diet and nutrient intake of people receiving opioid agonist treatment (OAT) in the UK, offering implications for…
Two buses and a short walk: the place of geography in recovery
Martin Whiteford, Will Haydock, Nicky CleaveAs UK substance misuse policy has increasingly focused on the concept of recovery, policymakers, service providers and service users have found “recovery capital” a useful concept…
Building recovery capital through peer harm reduction work
Rebecca Ann Penn, Carol Strike, Sabin MukkathPeer harm reduction programmes engage service users in service delivery and may help peers to develop employment skills, better health, greater stability, and new goals. Thus far…
“I don’t know what fun is”: examining the intersection of social capital, social networks, and social recovery
Miriam Boeri, Megan Gardner, Erin Gerken, Melissa Ross, Jack WheelerThe purpose of this paper is to understand how people with problematic drug use access positive social capital. Social capital is defined as relations that provide valuable…
An unlikely hero? Challenging stigma through community engagement
David BestThe purpose of this paper is to describe a high-profile social enterprise in Blackpool, England, called Jobs, Friends and Houses (JFH) that has created a visible social identity…
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