“Once you’ve been there, you’re always recovering”: exploring experiences, outcomes, and benefits of substance misuse recovery

Drugs and Alcohol Today

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 29-38

  Timpson, Hannah ^a   Eckley, Lindsay ^a   Sumnall, Harry ^a   Pendlebury, Marissa ^a   Hay, Gordon ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abstinence; Recovery; Recovery capital; Recovery communities; Social value; Substance misuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958686059     PISSN: 17459265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/DAT-08-2015-0042     Document Type: Article

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