Table 2. Categorisation of recovery narratives of under-researched groups (refinements underlined).
| n (%) | 75 (100) | 21 (28) | 20 (27) | 19 (25) | 15 (20) | ||
| 1 | Genre | Escape | 6 (8) | 2 (10) | 2 (10) | 0 (0) | 2 (13) |
| Endurance | 21 (28) | 4 (19) | 6 (30) | 7 (37) | 4 (27) | ||
| Endeavour | 28 (37) | 7 (33) | 6 (30) | 9 (47) | 6 (40) | ||
| Enlightenment | 20 (27) | 8 (38) | 6 (30) | 3 (16) | 3 (20) | ||
| 2 | Positioning | Within services | 37 (49) | 6 (28.5) | 10 (50) | 12 (63) | 9 (60) |
| Despite services | 18 (24) | 9 (43) | 5 (25) | 1 (0.5) | 3 (20) | ||
| Outside of services | 20 (27) | 6 (28.5) | 5 (25) | 6 (31.5) | 3 (20) | ||
| 3 | Emotional Tone | Upbeat | 49 (65) | 15 (72) | 14 (70) | 8 (42) | 12 (79) |
| Downbeat | 8 (11) | 0 (0) | 3 (15) | 4 (21) | 1 (7) | ||
| Challenging | 15 (20) | 3 (14) | 3 (15) | 4 (21) | 1 (7) | ||
| Neutral | 7 (9) | 3 (14) | 0 (0) | 3 (16) | 1 (7) | ||
| 4 | Relationship with Recovery | Recovered | 4 (5) | 3 (14) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (7) |
| Living well | 36 (48) | 13 (62) | 10 (50) | 5 (26) | 8 (52) | ||
| Making progress | 21 (28) | 5 (24) | 4 (20) | 8 (42) | 4 (27) | ||
| Surviving day to day | 13 (17) | 0 (0) | 6 (30) | 6 (32) | 1 (7) | ||
| Not applicable | 1 (2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (7) | ||
| 5 | Trajectory | Upward | 46 (61) | 14 (67) | 14 (70) | 7 (37) | 11 (73) |
| Up and down | 15 (20) | 4 (19) | 3 (15) | 5 (26) | 3 (20) | ||
| Horizontal | 8 (11) | 3 (14) | 2 (10) | 2 (11) | 1 (7) | ||
| Interrupted | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 1 (5) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | ||
| Cyclical | 5 (7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 5 (26) | 0 (0) | ||
| 6 | Use of Turning Points | Restorying | 14 (18) | 6 (29) | 2 (10) | 2 (10) | 4 (31) |
| Change for the better | 29 (39) | 11 (52) | 5 (25) | 7 (37) | 6 (38) | ||
| Better and worse | 29 (39) | 3 (14) | 12 (60) | 10 (53) | 4 (25) | ||
| Not applicable | 3 (4) | 1 (5) | 1 (5) | 0 (0) | 1 (6) | ||
| 7 | Narrative Sections | Origins | 26 (35) | 8 (38) | 8 (40) | 6 (31) | 4 (27) |
| Problems begin | 70 (93) | 20 (95) | 18 (90) | 18 (95) | 14 (93) | ||
| Problems worsen | 70 (93) | 20 (95) | 18 (90) | 19 (100) | 13 (87) | ||
| Impact of illness | 56 (75) | 16 (76) | 12 (60) | 15 (79) | 13 (87) | ||
| Glimpses of recovery | 59 (78) | 19 (90) | 15 (75) | 13 (68) | 12 (80) | ||
| Turning point | 65 (87) | 18 (86) | 17 (85) | 16 (84) | 14 (93) | ||
| Roads to recovery | 71 (95) | 21 (100) | 19 (95) | 17 (89) | 14 (93) | ||
| Life afterwards | 64 (85) | 19 (90) | 17 (85) | 16 (84) | 12 (80) | ||
| 8 | Protagonists | Personal factors | 72 (94) | 20 (95) | 20 (95) | 17 (89) | 15 (100) |
| Socio-cultural factors | 73 (96) | 21 (100) | 20 (95) | 17 (89) | 15 (100) | ||
| Systemic factors | 52 (68) | 12 (60) | 16 (76) | 15 (79) | 9 (60) | ||
| 9 | Use of metaphor | Distress metaphors | 43 (57) | 15 (71) | 11 (55) | 7 (37) | 10 (67) |
| Recovery metaphors | 35 (47) | 13 (62) | 9 (45) | 6 (31) | 7 (47) |