Co Trixia Anne C, Canoy Nico A
Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines.
J Ethn Subst Abuse. 2020 Dec 31:1-21. doi: 10.1080/15332640.2020.1861493.
The Philippines's war on drugs brought about an influx or people of who use drugs (PWUDs) availing of community-based drug rehabilitation services for treatment. Programs have been created to develop skills to avoid relapse and improve family relations and support throughout the recovery process. However, not all Filipino PWUDs have the immediate presence or active participation of their families. While family support is construed as critical to sustained drug recovery in most existing studies, very few studies looked into this subset of PWUDs. In a Filipino culture wherein one's family is integral to one's personal identity, an interpretative phenomenological analysis was conducted to examine the experiences of Filipino PWUDs in recovery without perceived family support. Results present four main themes on the experiences of (1) loss and longing while in recovery, (2) coping, (3) self-improvement, and (4) rekindling, rejoining and restarting social connections. Insights from this study can be used in understanding the Filipino way of coping in the relative absence of one's kin, reconstructing the role of family support and extending the meaning of family in the recovery of PWUDs, and finding ways to redesign family interventions in the Philippines.
菲律宾的禁毒战争导致大量吸毒人员（PWUDs）涌入，他们利用社区戒毒服务进行治疗。相关项目已经设立，旨在培养技能以避免复吸，并在整个康复过程中改善家庭关系与获得支持。然而，并非所有菲律宾吸毒人员都能随时得到家人陪伴或积极参与。虽然在大多数现有研究中，家庭支持被视为毒品持续康复的关键，但很少有研究关注这部分吸毒人员。在菲律宾文化中，家庭是个人身份不可或缺的一部分，因此开展了一项解释性现象学分析，以考察在缺乏家庭支持的情况下，菲律宾吸毒人员的康复经历。研究结果呈现了关于康复经历的四个主要主题：（1）康复过程中的失落与渴望；（2）应对方式；（3）自我提升；（4）重新建立、恢复和重启社会联系。这项研究的见解可用于理解菲律宾人在相对缺乏亲人陪伴时的应对方式，重构家庭支持的作用以及扩展家庭在吸毒人员康复中的意义，并找到重新设计菲律宾家庭干预措施的方法。
