Volunteering as a Supportive Practice for Substance Addiction Recovery: Uncovering Tools for Meaningful Volunteer Opportunities

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dc.contributor.authorBergrud, Kari
dc.contributor.supervisorSpears, Kimberly
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-03T23:56:40Z
dc.date.available2020-06-03T23:56:40Z
dc.date.copyright2020en_US
dc.date.issued2020-06-03
dc.degree.departmentProgram: Community Developmenten_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractRecovery from substance addiction is a complex undertaking. It is simultaneously personal and societal, individual, and collective. As such, there are various opinions, stigmas, and systems that challenge an individual’s choice in a recovery path and at times, can also affect their access to recovery options. In addition to these pressures, people requiring recovery are in a state where their “life has become unmanageable” (Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 59) and making any decisions becomes even more challenging than under ‘normal’ conditions. This study explores the current state of the men’s Second Stage Recovery Program (SSR) at Vancouver’s Union Gospel Mission (UGM) and primarily focuses on volunteering as a supportive practice for their recovery pathway. To support this practice, an asset-based participatory led approach was applied during the research process where in general, participants use their acquired skills to decide how and who they would like to volunteer with as a supportive practice for their recovery. The main deliverable for this project is the creation of a guided tool for practitioners and participants of the second stage recovery program at the Vancouver Union Gospel Mission to help connect participants to meaningful volunteer opportunities .en_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/11790
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectAddictionen_US
dc.subjectSubstance Abuse Recoveryen_US
dc.subjectRecovery Capitalen_US
dc.subjectAsset-Based Community Developmenten_US
dc.subjectVolunteeringen_US
dc.titleVolunteering as a Supportive Practice for Substance Addiction Recovery: Uncovering Tools for Meaningful Volunteer Opportunitiesen_US
dc.typeprojecten_US

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