Social Reintegration
The release of recovered addicts from treatment facilities and rehabilitation centers is very crucial for it is then that they decide if they want to continue getting better by not engaging in their previous acts anymore or if they want to go back to their old habits. These individuals would be feeling lost and confused after their release. They have gone in treatment for months and they would go back into their own community as if they haven’t even been there before. The study of Gideon (2009) showed that the offenders who suffered from substance abuse should spend 12 to 24 months under supervision. The first year is very crucial or critical in terms of the individual’s mental, social, and financial reorganization (Gideon …show more content…
We see the community as the soil, which is comprised of promoting and inhibiting forces for both addiction and recovery, in which such problems grow or fail to grow and in which the resolutions to such problems thrive or fail to thrive over time (White 2009). A successful reintegration process may depend on the individual’s environment or on the individual him or herself (Davis, Bahr, & Ward 2012; Kaplan & Nussio 2015). Our community, which is a part of our social environment, in a way influences one’s condition. It can either be damaging for a recovering addict with the discrimination of the people living in his or her community or it can be nourishing and would provide support for the recovering individual. It is also important for an individual to be involved in his or her community because through one’s participation and volunteerism the respective duties and responsibilities that a person have towards the community would help for the betterment of it (Ebener & Smedema 2011). Also if they experience lack of support and community involvement they show a loss or lack of motivation, loneliness and stress, which commonly leads to
The release of recovered addicts from treatment facilities and rehabilitation centers is very crucial for it is then that they decide if they want to continue getting better by not engaging in their previous acts anymore or if they want to go back to their old habits. These individuals would be feeling lost and confused after their release. They have gone in treatment for months and they would go back into their own community as if they haven’t even been there before. The study of Gideon (2009) showed that the offenders who suffered from substance abuse should spend 12 to 24 months under supervision. The first year is very crucial or critical in terms of the individual’s mental, social, and financial reorganization (Gideon …show more content…
We see the community as the soil, which is comprised of promoting and inhibiting forces for both addiction and recovery, in which such problems grow or fail to grow and in which the resolutions to such problems thrive or fail to thrive over time (White 2009). A successful reintegration process may depend on the individual’s environment or on the individual him or herself (Davis, Bahr, & Ward 2012; Kaplan & Nussio 2015). Our community, which is a part of our social environment, in a way influences one’s condition. It can either be damaging for a recovering addict with the discrimination of the people living in his or her community or it can be nourishing and would provide support for the recovering individual. It is also important for an individual to be involved in his or her community because through one’s participation and volunteerism the respective duties and responsibilities that a person have towards the community would help for the betterment of it (Ebener & Smedema 2011). Also if they experience lack of support and community involvement they show a loss or lack of motivation, loneliness and stress, which commonly leads to