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The Lived Experiences of Drug reformed Persons

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This study aims to comprehend how drug-reformed individuals transformed from being drug dependents through their life experiences. According to research, addiction and criminality are closely related. Consequently, during the course of Project TokHang, personnel in uniform employed confrontational tactics to combat crimes related drug addiction. A few lives were lost, and their grieving relatives were pleading with the judicial system. Some addicts' lives do not, however, end in a chilly grave. To learn how persons with substance use disorders (PSUD) turn a new page and become better people, better citizens, and "Drug Reformed Persons," a study was carried out at the Outreach Drop-in Center (ODIC), an outpatient rehabilitation facility, in Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur. an in-depth interview serves as a key component of the study's qualitative approach. with an in depth interview as a method with nine (9) key informants - selected based on inclusion criteria suited for the study. The said key informants were chosen by ODIC personnel as gatekeepers. The researcher used semi structured interviews while following ethical considerations. All information taken from the interview was transcribed and encoded to generate themes. Thematic Analysis was use to analyze the data of this study. Based on the result of the study, themes generated as factors why they turned into a drug dependents were: 1) history of addiction 2) dragging friends and 3)unhealthy environment. Furthermore, the themes that were generated as effects of being drug dependents were : 1)suffering mother and children in the form of physical and emotional abuse. As to how they ended such cause that they brought to their family the following themes were also expressed in their narratives were: 1) being tired of living powerless against addiction and 2) because of their love for their families. As s to how they overcome the obstacles in their process of reforming, the following were the themes that they exressed:1)Love and support from loved ones 2) showing kindness among others in order to regain trust and love of the people and 3) Intrinsic motivation, such as Faith, as an essential factor in pushing the spirit of key informants so they can still return to their everyday life after graduating from the rehabilitation program and 4)Love for the family was the best motivation and reason for the key informants to choose a drug-free life. The implication of this study was that the reasons why people become substance abuse dependent must be looked into and and there should be a program that would help them rise above upon what these people went through. Thus a reformative program was conducted to help such group of people go back to their normal lives. Key Words: Lived Experiences, Drug Reformed Persons, Substance Use Recovery and Enlightenment.

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DR. ROWENA A. BALOYO & Mr. Patrick Tolentino (July-2023). The Lived Experiences of Drug reformed Persons. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NOVEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, 8(7), 229-283. https://ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRDTH00066.pdf

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Paper Reg. ID: IJNRD_201716

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Research Area: Social Science and Humanitiesร‚ย 

Author Type: Foreign Author

Country: Select Cities, SURIGAO DEL SUR, Philippines

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