Podcast: PHI Study on What Recovery Means to People Recovering from Substance Use Disorder
This episode of the Addiction Medicine Journal Club podcast highlights a 2023 study from PHI’s Alcohol Research Group that explores what “recovery” means for people recovering from substance use disorder.
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In 2023, PHI’s Sarah E. Zemore, senior scientist at PHI’s Alcohol Research Group, co-authored the study Understanding the Shared Meaning of Recovery from Substance Use Disorders: New Findings from the What is Recovery. The study offers unique insights about what sustains a healthy addiction-free life.
The study is highlighted on the Addiction Medicine Journal Club podcast, hosted by Dr. Sonya Del Tredici and Dr. John Keenan, as they discuss the multifaceted definition of “recovery” from substance use disorders, emphasizing how there is no new common definition for “recovery” and why a definition is needed to know the desired treatment outcome.
The most recent definition that [the Understanding the Shared Meaning of Recovery from Substance Use Disorders: New Findings from the What is Recovery? Study] published which is from NIDA says, "Recovery is quote a process of change through which people improve their health and wellness, live self-directed lives, and strive to reach their full potential."Dr. Sonya Del Tredici, “What is Recovery?,” Addiction Medicine Journal Club
Learn more about the study: Defining Recovery — As People in Recovery See It
What sustains a healthy life, free from addiction? This study led by researchers at the Alcohol Research Group (ARG) offers unique insights from people in recovery from a substance use disorder. Multiple, shared components of recovery were identified, like "Being honest with oneself," and “taking responsibility for one’s actions," regardless of a person’s sociocultural identity, addiction history, and use of treatment services.
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