Recovery by Design: Developing Tools to Initiate and Sustain Engagement in a Creative Recovery from Alcohol Misuse

摘要

OVERVIEW This research aims to use design techniques to facilitate creative research activity with service users in an alcohol rehabilitation setting, to discover how individual recovery journeys might be supported and developed.An initial pilot study was undertaken using a cultural probe, which included participatory workshop activities and design review sessions, held at a substance misuse rehabilitation centre in Brighton during 2017. The initial data produced and feedback from participants uncovered potential therapeutic value. Service users reported that the tool helped them see where their addiction had previously taken them and how their recovery could develop. This finding highlighted an opportunity to develop a Creative Recovery Toolkit, which could sow the seed of creativity in a structured treatment setting during early recovery. This tool may then assist in the building of creative confidence and recovery capital, which would allow a smoother pathway out of addiction and reduce the chance of relapse.