Issues Self‐change from alcohol and drug use problems is increasingly acknowledged in
research. Despite the growing number of published studies, the most recent broad review of …

In contemporary culture, socially deviant behaviour is increasingly being conceptualised as
the result of a disease; most salient perhaps, in regards to addiction. This chronic disease …

Understandings of drug addiction recovery are still being debated. Research on
perspectives from first-hand experiences with recovery is rare and often contains short-term …

Background Remission from alcohol problems in the absence of treatment is common, yet
there are wide ranging estimates of the extent to which this occurs, depending on method. A …

Narratives around alcohol are important in determining how people decide who or what
qualifies as problematic alcohol use. Narratives draw on common representations that are …

The aim of this article is to explore the role of “hitting bottom” as a motivation to initiate a
recovery process and desistance from crime and substance use disorders (SUDs), and in …

Painful life events have been highlighted as being instrumental in promoting change during
drug addiction recovery. This paper attempts to integrate the 'pains of desistance'approach …

Background and aims Recovery from alcohol problems in the absence of treatment or
mutual‐aid is very common, but under‐researched. This study explores the lives of people …

Drawing on a person-centered approach to recovery from substance use that acknowledges
recovery pathways as shaped by people's personal and social context, the purpose of this …

“Hitting bottom” among individuals with alcohol use disorders (AUDs) has empirical and
theoretical support; however, it has never been operationalized and, therefore, remains …