Table 3.

Categories, Themes and Exemplary Quotes of Conflicting Recovery-related Support among Tijuana female sex workers who inject drugs (FSW-IDUs), 2009 (n=47)

Participant	Themes	Quote
Rosi, 39	Financial support for housing, food, drugs	“I give him so much credit, for being a drug addict, he sure did make sure I had a roof over my head, make sure I have food, I have clothes, for reals-I hadn’t known any dope fiend, like, no drug addict like him, he is an addict, he is a heroin addict. That motherfucker used to make sure I eat, plus my habit, make sure the rent was paid.”
Itzia, 40	Financial support for drugs or recovery Influence of sex work on partner relationships	“Interviewer: So, he would give you money for drugs but at the same time he also helped you with treatment? Itzia: Yes, he would say I’m going to keep using [drugs] whether he gives me money or not anyway, that I would keep using no matter what, and so that I wouldn’t go with another man for drugs [trade sex], it was better if he gave it to me himself, than see me robbing or sneaking around, it would be better that he gave me the money.”
Additional quotes	Providing money for drugs to stop sex work	Well supposedly [I’m not working as a sex worker], forget about it because [my American boyfriend] tells me ‘you go out too much, don’t go out on the town… I want you to be my wife, I don’t want to see you in prostitution,’ like that. So I don’t walk around, but if a client pops up while I’m out, I’ll do him. But almost always when [my boyfriend] is like that with me, I don’t have a need… he gives me money… for the drugs, for food, for the apartment… he helps me with my son when I feed him.