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Change And Recovery From Substance Misuse: Native American Perspectives, Stacy Miller
Change And Recovery From Substance Misuse: Native American Perspectives, Stacy Miller
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This qualitative study investigated the constructs of change within the action and maintenance stages of the Transtheoretical Model of Change (TMC) and balance within the domains of the Medicine Wheel (MW). The guiding questions addressed: a) point of focus in sobriety and recovery phases within the domains of the MW, b) specific mechanisms at work, c) support systems, tools, temptations, motivating factors, maintenance, gains, losses, and personal reasons for change, d) spiritual component, e) connection between tribal culture and recovery, and f) distinction between sobriety and recovery.
Eight adult Native Americans in sobriety or recovery for a minimum of 3 …