Table 2:
Presence of Parent Themes Nested Within the Overarching Effect on Recovery Theme
| Parent Themes | % | Example Quotes |
|---|---|---|
| Negative Effect on Recovery | 77.4 |
P13-061: “ … we get released and obviously we have to isolate, right, quarantine. So my mind was going crazy and I went back to drinking. I went two months without drinking and then went right back to drinking, very depressed, very down. I actually got my first charge ever in my life. I got a DUI with that accident. So yeah, it has not been good at all.” P158 SM 368: “It was affecting me a lot. Just drink, drink, drink. You’re home, you’re by yourself, there’s nothing else to do, nobody’s out there.” |
| Changes to Recovery Strategies | 61.3 |
P11-027: “I normally drive women from Womankind [treatment service] to AA meetings in the evenings and then drive them back, and I haven’t been able to do that either, so. …it was a huge part of my recovery because I knew I had to be sober, and I knew I was helping other people by taking them to a meeting… so that was a huge toll on me, to be honest.” P158 (SM 368): “It tried to kill me from staying in recovery because when it hit, it shut everything down. And so three weeks later, I got hooked up with the Zoom so I could get my meetings. And that helped a lot.” |
| Positive Effect on Recovery | 51.6 |
P72 (AA 2074): “I think it made it easier to recover because it was like living a normal life but with some kind of training wheels because you go out, you can go places but all the places with alcohol are shut down… So it was like living in a dry society for a little bit. And made building sobriety easier I think cause it was like less temptation around it.” P13-030: “In terms of drinking, like I said, it was kind of a blessing because there weren’t the social events I had to worry about. And at the time, patios at bars weren’t even open. I mean, it sucked a little. …But social wise, like I said, it’s been kind of beneficial from the temptation, you know?” |
Note: %= the percentage of total transcripts that the theme was applied at least once.