Recovery Identity and Wellbeing: Is It Better to be ‘Recovered’ or ‘in Recovery’?

Journal of Groups in Addiction and Recovery

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 27-36

  Best, David ^a   Andersson, Catrin ^a   Irving, Jamie ^a   Edwards, Michael ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Addiction identity; recovery definition; social identity; wellbeing

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011418947     PISSN: 1556035X     EISSN: 15560368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1556035X.2016.1272071     Document Type: Article

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