Addiction

, 7, 13, 85

recovery

, 10–11

Agency

, 9

Alcohol

, 35–37, 65–66

use

, 53

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)

, 3–4, 10–11, 29–31, 37, 56–57, 63–64, 78

form of

, 55

group

, 63–64

online

, 45

outside of

, 60

programme

, 38, 45, 64

rooms of

, 58

Alcoholism

, 13–14, 78–79

Altruism

, 60

August Bank Holiday

, 29

Bob, Ibrahim the

connection

, 82

empowerment

, 83

growth

, 82

hope and identity

, 82

interview

, 80–81

meaning

, 82–83

story

, 78–80

Bowling

, 17

C-CHIME concept

, 3

CGL drug and alcohol service

, 30–31

CHIME

components

, 93–94

framework

, 2–3

model

, 2–3

Cognitive dissonance

, 10

Cognitive Therapy

, 22

COVID

, 79

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of mental health disorders (DSM)

, 7

Drink

, 43

‘Drink Wise Age Well’ initiative

, 88–89

Drinking

, 56

Drugs

, 43

Empowerment

, 11

Experiential learning

, 86

Face-to-face meetings

, 79–80

G-CHIME model

, 2, 4, 8, 65–66, 85, 93–94

connectedness

, 9

empowerment

, 11

exploring narrative using

, 11

G-CHIME+

, 95

growth

, 8

hope

, 9

identity

, 10

meaning in life

, 10–11

narrative exploration

, 93–94

positive addiction recovery

, 94–95

G-CHIME+

, 95

Grant, Alec

connectedness

, 26

empowerment, hope and meaning

, 26

growth and identity

, 25

interview

, 23–24

story

, 22–23

Greenwood, Kelly

growth and empowerment

, 32–33

hope

, 33

identity and connectedness

, 33

interview

, 30–32

meaning

, 33

recovery

, 33

story

, 27–30

Hadid, Amna

connectedness, meaning in life, identity and empowerment

, 40–41

growth

, 40

hope

, 41

interview

, 37–39

story

, 35–37

Healing process

, 89

Highlands of Scotland

, 22

Homegroup members

, 30–31

Humility

, 74

Individual’s healing process

, 1

International Conference of Autoethnography Inaugural Lifetime Contribution Award

, 88

Jacks, Samuel

confidence

, 59–60

connection

, 60

growth and empowerment

, 59–60

hope

, 60

interview

, 57–59

meaning in life and identity

, 60

story

, 56–57

Jerome’s story

, 5

Kanin, Polina Antoni

connectedness

, 47

empowerment and hope

, 47

growth

, 47

growth and identity

, 47

interview

, 45–46

meaning in life

, 47

musical disposition

, 46–47

story

, 44–45

LGBTQ+ alcoholics

, 59

Lisa’s story

, 4

Male, Sue

connectedness

, 74

empowerment

, 74–75

growth

, 74

hope and identity

, 75

interview

, 72–73

meaning in life

, 75

story

, 70–72

Mended relationships

, 88

NA

, 10–11

Narcotics Anonymous fellowship

, 72

Narrative using G-CHIME, exploring

, 11

Nelson, John

, 13

growth and connectedness

, 18–19

hope, meaning in life and empowerment

, 19

identity

, 19

interview

, 16–18

story

, 13–16

NHS alcohol service

, 15

Non-alcohol-based interests

, 17

Patience

, 74

Persistent sickness

, 49

Phenomenological approach

, 93–94

Positive addiction recovery therapy (PART)

, 8, 94–95

Positive recovery interventions (PRIs)

, 94–95

Positivity

, 89

Recovery

, 67, 85

heroes

, 2–4

model approach

, 7–8

process

, 1, 4, 11

strengths

, 10–11

Redemption

, 80

Relapse prevention

, 95

Remarkable Lives

, 2–3

Research

, 61

Resilience

, 16, 74

Saudi Arabia

, 39

Self-reclamation

, 10–11

SMART recovery

, 94

Social environment

, 14

Social identification

, 10–11

Social services

, 29

Spring, Fisun

empowerment

, 67

growth and connection

, 66

hope, meaning in life and identity

, 66–67

interview

, 65

story

, 62–64

Stories

, 2

connectedness, forming positive connections

, 87–88

empowerment, positive self-determination

, 91–92

growth, transformative process

, 85–86

hope, future of recovery

, 88–89

identity, addict turned recovering addict

, 89–90

meaning in life, discovering meaning and purpose through recovery

, 90–91

Stuckism

, 23

Sturlaugson, Summer

growth

, 53

hope and connectedness

, 53–54

identity

, 54

interview

, 52

meaning and empowerment

, 54

story

, 50–52

Substance abuse and mental health services administration (SAMHSA)

, 7–8

Substance addiction

, 91–92

Transformative process

, 8

Value of stories

hope and glory

, 2

Jerome’s story

, 5

Lisa’s story

, 4

recovery heroes

, 2–4

World Health Organization

, 35

Zoom

, 79