2024 Volume 13 Issue 3 Pages 215-224
Objective: This study aimed to clarify the experiences of women with addiction attending recovery support facilities.
Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with nine women attending an addiction recovery support facility. The collected data were analyzed qualitatively and descriptively.
Results: By attending recovery support facilities, women with addiction experienced “self-awareness,” through “looking directly at one’s inner self by mirroring female peers” and “realization of being supported in a safe place only for women,” thereby “reclaiming one’s identity and restarting one’s life together with female peers.” These experiences have led to “the emergence of new goals for women.”
Discussion: These results suggest the importance of collaboration and support among local governments, professional medical organizations, and recovery support facilities to accompany the process of personal growth of women confronting addiction, so that women with addiction value themselves and experience positive support within the community.
