Tur och Retur
en kvalitativ studie om resan genom ett narkotikaberoende
The purpose of this study was to, through the life stories of four women and their experiences, thoughts and feelings according to a life in drug dependency reach an increased knowledge about how a dependency can arise, continue and be brought to an end. The question at issue were: How do a small amount of women describe and comprehend their experiences, thoughts and feelings according to their drug addiction seen through a process perspective. In order to answer that question three themes were investigated: the road into dependency, living as an addict and the road to recovery from dependency and the time that follows. The study followed a qualitative method and the theoretical approach was hermeneutic. The results were analysed through a process analyse perspective, from the view of the chosen theoretical perspectives, social constructivism, experience perspective and a psychodynamic perspective. The results of the study showed a concordance in the initial experiences in contact with the drug between the informants. The informants all had difficulties in realizing that the drug had become a problem. The process of ending the dependency was seen as a lenghty process. They expressed feelings of loss in connection to drugs and drug taking.