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Kennesaw State University

The project described was supported by Award NuInstitute on Drug Abuse. The content is solely the rnecessarily represent the official views of the NatioInstitutes of Health.

entity migration amongentity migration among

thamphetamine users:thamphetamine users:An exploratory studyAn exploratory study

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That process through whiproblematic use of methsame mechanism by wtheir problematic usage.

I mean crystal meth can takdark paths. And youve seeI just really dont want to be

h

an individual developsamphetamine is theich they can overcome

you down really, really, you hear horror stories that person.

(22-year-old white male)


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Based on an ethnographicformer users of methamparticipants in this studythe social pressures andinitiate, spur, and inhibit

methamphetamine and

In privileging the social cocontribute to the develoconceptualization of addin light of this model.

(Latkin, Knowlton, Hoover, & Mandell, 1Gibson, Acquah, & Robinson, 2004; Pilki2008; Adams, 2008)

study of 100 current andhetamine, I found thatoverwhelmingly, referencetheirenvironments that

their use or cessation of

ther drugs.

ponent of addiction, Iing literature on the socialiction by interpreting my data

99; Weinberg, 2000; May 2001;ngton, 2007; Graham, Young, & Wood,


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The primary problem facinterventions is managWeinshenker, 2009)

Relapse is intimately relinitiation and reiteratio

Substance use initiation

primarily social procesa properly social interv

Gaval-Cruz, M. & D. Weinshenker. (2009) Mcocaine abstinence: Antabuse and cocaine r

ing pharmacologicaling relapse. (Gaval-Cruz &

ted to substance use.

and reiteration are

es and as such requireention.

chanisms of Disulfiram-inducedlapse. Molecular Interventions. 9(4)


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Therapeutic group dyna

programs illustrate a kan individual that chanbehaviors as well as tas well as tmore likely to abstain f

ics found in 12-Step

y social truth:es their individual

eir social contexteir social contextisrom problematic use

dams (2008) Kitchin (2002); Latkin,nowlton, Hoover, & Mandell (1999)


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What insights might a focus uselfhood provide to underst

methamphetamine practicethe drug-use career?The interdependencies that fo

users pursue opportunities:disclose the consequences

display their recovering idefundamentally relational chuse.

Relationality

on the relational dynamics ofnding how

are negotiated throughout

rm as methamphetamineto practice meth use, toof their practices, and to

tities, illustrate aracter to methamphetamine


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The popular mode in whichdiscussed limits how wepractices as well as howphenomenon.

Addiction (Volkow & Li, 20a narrative that people pediscourse those that pracand reinvigorate their ide

Hughes (2007, 2009) propoconceptualization of addisubstance use as a set opractices.

addiction is thought of andan understand drug usee might transform the

4) is a discursive practice rform. In performing thisice substance use affirmtities as addicts.

ses a socialtion emphasizingf embodied social

igrating Identities


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There are three stages iprocess:

Apprenticeship The Performative U Performing Recove

Hughes, K. (2007) Migrating identities:and addiction. Sociology of Healt

Hughes, K., G. Valentine, & C. Kenten.space-time understanding of InteSociology(forthcoming).

Identity Migration

the identity migration

terancey

The relational constitution of drug useh & Illness, 29(5), 673-691The time of our lives: Towards a

rnet gambling. The British Journal of


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Identity MigrationIdentity Migration:

1) ApprenticeshipApprenticeship methabehavior.

So all my dads friends w

was twelve Id seen theseshooting dope up.... But osaid, Let me try some ofspoon, shot some water itell my dad, You need to

or something. Before heand fired it in my arm justwas a professional at it.

phetamine use is a learned

re junkies....from the time I

dudes firing dope,ne day I come in and Ihat. I poured some in aitthe dude was trying to

help him or let me help him

ad it out I had it pulled uplike a champ. Just like I



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Identity MigrationIdentity Migration:2) the Performative Utteranthe Performative Utteran

In order to succeed youhave to be willing to bec

be willing to take directiothat youre [...] not in cha

Because until youve qui

break. You have a mentself[....] Youre not delusmuch lost your mind. Yoreal mindset again.

ee - I have a problem

ave to surrenderand youme teachable, you have to

ns, and you have to realizerge.


doing it you have a mental

l break from your normalional but you have pretty

have to regroup, find your



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Identity MigrationIdentity Migration:3) Performing RecoveryPerforming Recoverypractices are now substitut

You know that was one of tdo this interview: maybe I

would help just one perso

I started counseling addicts.with the county to where t

and parole people that ha

ethamphetamine used with recovery practices.

e reasons why I wanted tocould say something that

n(43-year-old white male)

We have a connectionhey send all their probation

e problems with drugs.(23-year-old white male)


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The neurophysiology of learfunction differently without t

is the context in which I use

to perform recovery means t

which it functions.

Discussion

ing suggests that brain wille learned cues signaling this

methamphetamine. Learning

he brain changes the way in


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Apprenticing explains the gaway from sites of substamemory acquisition, whicneurobiological models of

ApprenticingApprenticing within a commus to reconcile notions of

preconceptions (i.e. riskyfor me vs. what is at riskidentity-anchoring social

Discussion

ographic cure (movingnce use) as the process of

squares with currentsalience.

unity of meth users enablesrisk based on individualist

behavior is what is riskyis the stability of the myetwork. (Pilkington, 2007)


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The Performative UtteranceThe Performative Utterancecreates an arche. This is lso often described by tho

then transform our notionarchaeological activity.

For the performative utterastatement must be reiteracommunities that would sproblematic usage, leadinrecovery.

Discussion

: stating I have a problemiterally the bottoming-oute in the field. This would

of recovery into an

ce to be sensible, theted and reinvigorated, inek to transform

g us to performing


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To learn to perform recover

an experienced recoveringtendency of apprenticeship.

Discussion

, one must apprentice under

ddict, thus the reinforcing

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