Strength, support, setbacks and solutions : the developmental pathway to addiction recovery

152 Pages·2014·3.09 MB·English

by  Best

Strength, Support,
Setbacks and Solutions
The developmental pathway to addiction recovery
David Best
Strength, Support, Setbacks and Solutions:
A developmental pathway to addiction recovery
© David Best
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This book is dedicated to the memory of James Best,
my father, who passed away on the 8th of February
2013. The delay in producing this book was a
result of the pain and loss I felt. I miss you
and I will always love you.

Contents
About the author ..................................................................................5
Acknowledgements ...............................................................................7
About the book ......................................................................................9
Chapter 1: Recovery – a personal journey of change and hope ......13
Chapter 2: Theoretical and developmental model of growth
in recovery capital ...............................................................................27
Chapter 3: Recovery stories in the Glasgow Recovery Study .........45
Chapter 4: Pilot stories of recovery ..................................................57
Chapter 5: Rationale, design and pilot studies for the
professional interviews .......................................................................73
Chapter 6: Case studies of recovery stories .....................................83
Chapter 7: Developmental pathways to recovery among
addiction professionals .....................................................................101
Chapter 8: The recovery capital of addiction professionals
and its relationship to well-being ....................................................115
Chapter 9: Recovery and the developmental model of change .....127
Chapter 10: Recovery and the future .............................................139
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About the author
David Best is head of research and workforce development at Turning Point
and associate professor in addiction studies at Monash University in Melbourne.
He leads the treatment and systems team at Turning Point, and is course
co-ordinator for the new Masters in Addictive Behaviour at Monash University.
He is also chair of Recovery Academy Australia and on the advisory board of the
Recovery Research Institute.
David is a qualified psychologist and criminologist, and has worked in both
research and policy areas for around 20 years. He has worked and studied at
Strathclyde University (Glasgow), the Institute of Psychiatry, London School
of Economics, the University of Birmingham, the University of the West of
Scotland, and Monash University. He has held research policy roles at the Police
Complaints Authority and the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse.
David is the author of Mapping the Road to Addiction Recovery (2012) and
Addiction Recovery (2012) and has written more than 140 peer-reviewed journal
papers. His main area of interest is around pathways to recovery and the role of
social networks in promoting well-being.
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Acknowledgements
I would like to acknowledge many friends and colleagues who have supported me
in producing this book, including my colleagues at Turning Point in Melbourne, in
the Recovery Academy in both the UK and Australia, and many, many people who
have shown me what an amazing thing recovery is and what incredible people
it produces. And a further thank you to all of those who have contributed to this
book as research subjects, critical friends and colleagues.
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