Drug Culture & the Culture of Recovery

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK248421/

“Her counselor places a priority on connecting Lisa with other people her age who are in recovery. She asks a client who graduated from the program and is only a year older than Lisa to accompany her to Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings attended mostly by younger people in recovery. The counselor also encourages Lisa's friendships with other young people in the program. When Lisa complains about her parents' materialism and the materialism of mainstream culture, her counselor brings up the spiritual elements of mutual-help recovery groups and how they provide an alternative model for interacting with others. The counselor begins to help Lisa explore how her drug use may be an attempt to fill her unmet emotional and social needs and may hinder the development of her own interests, identity, and goals.”