Motherhood: Addicted Mothers

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This study investigated motherhood from substance addicted mothers’own perspective. The survey was conducted at an inpatient ward at a substance abuse clinic in Norway. To gain new insight about the participant`s life-world, a qualitative methodology is the best approach (Kvale, 2002). Data were collected using individual semi-structured in-depth interviews, in order to produce thick descriptions. A thick description is one that explains a human behavior in its context, so that the behavior becomes meaningful, also from an outsiders’ point of view.
The interviews were divided into three main sections, consisting of descriptions of everyday life here and now with small children, growing up in a family with substance abuse problems, and their thoughts on how to create a substance-free life for themselves and their children in the future. First the conversation concentrated around everyday life with children using a lifestyle interview (Review the everyday procedures chronological and detailed. A typical day, as yesterday, for example). We then went on to talk about their childhood. How was their everyday life? The mothers were asked to try to recall difficult situations associated with substance abusing caregivers, and how they felt during the experience. Equivalent questions were asked concerning good memories. How did they believe that they experienced the situation as a child, and why? Eventually the interviews focused on plans for the future, after their stay at the clinic. What were they going to do to prevent their children from experiencing similar difficulties as the ones the mothers had recollected during the interview? Finally, the women were asked to point out a significant other who could give them and their ch...

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