‘It's a sanity restorer’: Narcotics anonymous (NA) as recovery capital during COVID-19 in Aotearoa New Zealand

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‘It's a sanity restorer’: Narcotics anonymous (NA) as recovery capital during COVID-19 in Aotearoa New Zealand

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Narcotics Anonymous has flourished globally across 143 countries as a key community response to problematic substance use, despite disruptions, including the COVID-19 pandemic. This research sought to understand how the Aotearoa New Zealand Narcotics Anonymous (NA) community engaged with NA meetings online during the 2020–2021 COVID-19 pandemic. During in-depth, semi-structured interviews, 11 NA members shared their stories of addiction, abstinence-based recovery, experiences of NA and managi...

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2024-03-01

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Mappledoram M / Blake D / McGuigan K / Hodgetts D

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https://hdl.handle.net/10179/70638

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COVID-19 / narcotics annoymous / peer support / recovery capital / substance use

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