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Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Tables; 1: Introduction; Defining "Problematic Use"; Recreational Drug Use; The "Normalisation" Thesis; Young People in€Alcohol and€Other Drug Treatment; Three Explanations for€Substance Abuse; Individualistic Explanations; Biological-Determinist Explanations; Social Scientific Explanations; An Alternative Framework; Critics of€the Normalisation Thesis; A Biographical Approach; Individuals Are Conscious Decision-Makers; Structural Factors Are Important; People Make Situated Choices; Young Substance Abusers Are Not a€Homogeneous Group.
Action Is Usually Purposeful Method; Interviews; Ethics; The Ethics of€Telling Others' Lives; Conclusion; References; 2: Dancing with€Death; Extreme Risk-taking; "Drugs Make You€Feel Better"; Conclusion; References; 3: The Early Years; Early Years; Poverty; "Bad Kids"; Risk Factors; Parental Mental Illness; Parental Substance Abuse; Physical Violence; Sexual Violence; State Care; Experiences in€State Care; Conclusion; References; 4: In the€Mix: The€Beginning of€a€Drug Problem; High School; Drug Use Initiation; School Separation; Unemployment; Homelessness.
Becoming Homeless Being Homeless: "It Just Made You€Feel Un-Homed"; Alternative Pathway; Mental Health; Conclusion; References; 5: Cutting Out the€Pain: Sexual Abuse, Self-Injury, Abandonment and€Young Women's Substance Abuse; Self-Injury; Definition and€Social Characteristics; Two Explanatory Frameworks; Childhood Trauma: The€Body's Boundaries; Sexual Abuse; Abandonment; Dissociation and€Self-Injury; What Is Dissociation?; Feeling Alive and€Cutting Out the€Pain; From Self-Injury to€Self-Medication; Conclusion; References.
6: Becoming a€Man: Working-Class Masculinity, Machismo and€Substance Abuse Four Concepts; Front Stage: Working-Class Hegemonic Masculinity; Mothers and€Sons; Fathers and€Sons; A Glimpse Backstage; Family Breakdown: "That Burst My Fucking Bubble"; Front Stage: Friends, Drugs and€Machismo; The "Wrong Crowd"; Unemployment, Homelessness and€Crime; Stepping Backstage: Young Men and€Their Emotions; Trauma; It's More Common Than You€Think; Managing Emotional Pain; Conclusion; References; 7: Moving on€from€Substance Abuse; Tipping Points; Interventions; Outreach Programs.
Residential Withdrawal Programs ("Detox") Youth Residential Rehabilitation Models ("Rehab"); Moving On?; Learning from€Experience; The Future; Conclusion; References; 8: Conclusion; Limitations; Policy and€Practice; References; Index.
Action Is Usually Purposeful Method; Interviews; Ethics; The Ethics of€Telling Others' Lives; Conclusion; References; 2: Dancing with€Death; Extreme Risk-taking; "Drugs Make You€Feel Better"; Conclusion; References; 3: The Early Years; Early Years; Poverty; "Bad Kids"; Risk Factors; Parental Mental Illness; Parental Substance Abuse; Physical Violence; Sexual Violence; State Care; Experiences in€State Care; Conclusion; References; 4: In the€Mix: The€Beginning of€a€Drug Problem; High School; Drug Use Initiation; School Separation; Unemployment; Homelessness.
Becoming Homeless Being Homeless: "It Just Made You€Feel Un-Homed"; Alternative Pathway; Mental Health; Conclusion; References; 5: Cutting Out the€Pain: Sexual Abuse, Self-Injury, Abandonment and€Young Women's Substance Abuse; Self-Injury; Definition and€Social Characteristics; Two Explanatory Frameworks; Childhood Trauma: The€Body's Boundaries; Sexual Abuse; Abandonment; Dissociation and€Self-Injury; What Is Dissociation?; Feeling Alive and€Cutting Out the€Pain; From Self-Injury to€Self-Medication; Conclusion; References.
6: Becoming a€Man: Working-Class Masculinity, Machismo and€Substance Abuse Four Concepts; Front Stage: Working-Class Hegemonic Masculinity; Mothers and€Sons; Fathers and€Sons; A Glimpse Backstage; Family Breakdown: "That Burst My Fucking Bubble"; Front Stage: Friends, Drugs and€Machismo; The "Wrong Crowd"; Unemployment, Homelessness and€Crime; Stepping Backstage: Young Men and€Their Emotions; Trauma; It's More Common Than You€Think; Managing Emotional Pain; Conclusion; References; 7: Moving on€from€Substance Abuse; Tipping Points; Interventions; Outreach Programs.
Residential Withdrawal Programs ("Detox") Youth Residential Rehabilitation Models ("Rehab"); Moving On?; Learning from€Experience; The Future; Conclusion; References; 8: Conclusion; Limitations; Policy and€Practice; References; Index.