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Mothering Through Addiction: A Survival Strategy among Puerto Rican Addicts

Monica Hardesty

University of Hartford

Timothy Black

Center for Social Research at the University of Hartford

In this article, the importance of motherhood in the lives of Puerto Rican addicts is examined. Using a life history method, the authors interviewed 20 Latina females in various stages of recovery from addiction to crack-cocaine or heroin. Their lives as mothers took place in a context of poverty, marginalization, and abuse. Motherhood provided an identity and a line of work that grounded them amidst this dislocation. As their life options became more restricted over time, motherhood provided a lifeline through addiction and into recovery. While using drugs, they relied on a number of strategies to maintain mothering. In recovery, children became the markers of success in a treatment program. These findings challenge public images of female addicts as parents.

Qualitative Health Research, Vol. 9, No. 5, 602-619 (1999)
DOI: 10.1177/104973299129122117
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