Bergström Magdalena
Umeå University, Sweden.
Nordisk Alkohol Nark. 2017 Feb;34(1):6-17. doi: 10.1177/1455072516682436. Epub 2017 Mar 17.
This study accounts for how people aged 55-69 with ongoing long-term alcohol problems conceptualize past, present and future.
A total of 19 interviews were performed, from which reflective life reviews were obtained and analyzed as narrative life accounts. Three structuring thematic traits were identified: resentment of life, acceptance of life and gratitude towards life.
The study shows how past, present and future intertwine into meaningful entities incorporating certain governing master narratives about recovery, familiar for example from expert discourse and the AA movement. When it comes to the theme of , the participants articulated disappointment over what life had become and emphasized especially the missed work-related opportunities that the drinking had caused. In the theme of letting go of the past was viewed as important for creating a sober future. Within the dimension of the past was seen as a resource for self-development and future recovery.
How long-term alcohol problems are conceptualized in the long view of a life narrative may have great implications for outlooks of a sober future. A closer look at the social and cultural material incorporated in the stories of this age group is an important task for future research.
本研究探讨了55至69岁有长期酗酒问题的人群如何看待过去、现在和未来。
共进行了19次访谈,从中获取反思性生活回顾并作为生活叙事进行分析。确定了三个结构性主题特征:对生活的怨恨、对生活的接受和对生活的感激。
研究表明,过去、现在和未来如何交织成有意义的实体,其中包含某些关于康复的主导性主叙事,例如在专家论述和戒酒互助会运动中常见的那些。在[未提及的某个主题]方面,参与者表达了对生活现状的失望,尤其强调了饮酒导致的与工作相关的机会错失。在[未提及的某个主题]中,放下过去被视为创造清醒未来的重要因素。在[未提及的某个维度]中,过去被视为自我发展和未来康复的资源。
从生活叙事的长远视角来看,长期酗酒问题如何被概念化可能对清醒未来的展望产生重大影响。深入研究这个年龄组故事中所包含的社会和文化素材是未来研究的一项重要任务。