"Like a steak at a vegan village": adaptability as a cornerstone in stable recovery from substance and/or gambling addiction.
Background: Recovery from substance and/or gambling addiction is a multidimensional process that refers to a change on three levels: the individual's environment, behavioral patterns, and self-perception. Stable recovery refers to such changes after 5 years or more. Recent studies—which have focused...
| Publicado en: | Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy Vol. 33; no. 3; pp. 294 - 310 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jun2026
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