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Parenting an infant during alcohol recovery
1Boise State University, Idaho 83725, USA.
This qualitative study explored women's concurrent experiences of alcohol/drug recovery while parenting an infant. The study explored women's experiences of recovery from alcohol/drug dependence during the first year after their infant's birth. Balancing emerged as the process that explained how women successfully integrated the recovery and motherhood processes into their identity. Understanding the balancing process will increase sensitivity of care.
This qualitative study explored women's concurrent experiences of alcohol/drug recovery while parenting an infant. The study explored women's experiences of recovery from alcohol/drug dependence during the first year after their infant's birth. Balancing emerged as the process that explained how women successfully integrated the recovery and motherhood processes into their identity. Understanding the balancing process will increase sensitivity of care.