'I Don't Know How to Live Real Life Sober'-Identifying Needed Supports Through the Voices of Pregnant and Parenting People Seeking Recovery.
Phyllis Raynor, Cynthia F Corbett, Delia West and 4 others
PMID 39302017WHAT IT FOUND
Pregnant and parenting people seeking recovery from substance use disorder described needing parenting and addiction knowledge, mental health care, housing, childcare and peer support.
Longer-term recovery participants more often described self-care routines. It does not show these supports improve outcomes.
Key findings
01Participants identified needed supports as parenting resources, childcare resources, housing supports, recovery supports, occupational training and assistance, and spirituality resources.
02The intellectual domain had the most identified supports, including addiction education, parenting skills, child health, self-care balance, communication with children and baby CPR.
03Emotional supports included counselling, trauma-informed counselling, grief support, parent-child interaction therapy and medication-assisted treatment for substance use and depression.
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What it does not show
The sample was small and mostly early recovery: 30 interviews, 25 participants (83%) were in recovery for 1 week to 6 months, and 25 lived in one residential treatment facility. Most participants were White (25; 83.3%), and the study represented one rural southern state, so the themes may not apply to other groups or locations. All participants were currently receiving SUD treatment through a residential facility, so people not in treatment or in outpatient care were not included. The study describes perceived needs and does not test whether the listed supports improve recovery, parenting or child outcomes.
Declared interests
The authors declare no conflicts of interest. The study was funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that housing, childcare, counselling, medication-assisted treatment or peer support improve recovery. The study asked 30 pregnant and parenting people what supports they needed. It did not test these supports, and the sample was mostly early recovery in one residential facility in one rural state.