Det goda och det onda: om en kvinnas kamp för ett drogfritt liv
(2001)School of Social Work
- Abstract
- The purpose of our essay was to find out if it is possible to explain a drug-abuser's way out of her abuse by using different theories and concepts. The following questions were raised: Did the woman identify herself as a drug-abuser or did she try to maintain identities, which are connected with other groups in society and if so, did she experience any problems when quitting the habit and starting a "new life"? Did the AA/NA-movement and the Christian faith play any part in the woman's struggle to become drug-free? Did the woman give any explanations to how she managed to become and stay drug-free and if so, what does the current science say? We interviewed an ex-drug-abuser to find out if different theories were applicable to the... (More)
- The purpose of our essay was to find out if it is possible to explain a drug-abuser's way out of her abuse by using different theories and concepts. The following questions were raised: Did the woman identify herself as a drug-abuser or did she try to maintain identities, which are connected with other groups in society and if so, did she experience any problems when quitting the habit and starting a "new life"? Did the AA/NA-movement and the Christian faith play any part in the woman's struggle to become drug-free? Did the woman give any explanations to how she managed to become and stay drug-free and if so, what does the current science say? We interviewed an ex-drug-abuser to find out if different theories were applicable to the information that she gave us. We carried out three interviews then we wrote everything down. This material was then used to see if we could match any of the theories we had chosen. We found that all the theories we tested could, in one way or another be applied to the material we had gathered. However we did not find one theory which could be used as a tool, to fully describe the struggle (experienced by this woman) of giving up drugs. (Less)
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- author
- Olsson, Helene and Torstensson, Annika
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2001
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Social problems and welfare, national insurance, Sociala problem, social välfärd, socialförsäkring
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 1359002
- date added to LUP
- 2004-11-08 00:00:00
- date last changed
- 2004-11-08 00:00:00
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abstract = {{The purpose of our essay was to find out if it is possible to explain a drug-abuser's way out of her abuse by using different theories and concepts. The following questions were raised: Did the woman identify herself as a drug-abuser or did she try to maintain identities, which are connected with other groups in society and if so, did she experience any problems when quitting the habit and starting a "new life"? Did the AA/NA-movement and the Christian faith play any part in the woman's struggle to become drug-free? Did the woman give any explanations to how she managed to become and stay drug-free and if so, what does the current science say? We interviewed an ex-drug-abuser to find out if different theories were applicable to the information that she gave us. We carried out three interviews then we wrote everything down. This material was then used to see if we could match any of the theories we had chosen. We found that all the theories we tested could, in one way or another be applied to the material we had gathered. However we did not find one theory which could be used as a tool, to fully describe the struggle (experienced by this woman) of giving up drugs.}},
author = {{Olsson, Helene and Torstensson, Annika}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Det goda och det onda: om en kvinnas kamp för ett drogfritt liv}},
year = {{2001}},
}