@article{ref1,
title="Women's early recovery: managing the dilemma of substance abuse and intimate partner relationships",
journal="Journal of drug issues",
year="2008",
author="Rivaux, Stephanie L. and Sohn, Sunju and Armour, Marilyn Peterson and Bell, Holly",
volume="38",
number="4",
pages="957-979",
abstract="Numerous studies have shown that women's patterns of substance use are strongly impacted by social relationships. Using a hermeneutic phenomenological method, this study examined the interplay between intimate partner relationships and substance abuse recovery through in-depth interviews with 17 women in a treatment program. Six essential themes about the dilemmas posed by recovery and relationships emerged from analysis: (a) experiencing themselves as damaged goods; (b) paying the price for both recovery and relationship choices made; (c) trading parts of self for relationships and drugs; (d) waking from the nightmare and realizing the impact of abuse; (e) hoping, but not always quite believing, in the possibility of recovery; (f) asking themselves &quot;who's in charge of my life?&quot; This study expands on previous findings by examining critical similarities in the dynamics of interpersonal relationships and recovery for women and the meanings they assign to each.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-0426",
doi="10.1177/002204260803800402",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002204260803800402"
}