Proceso de recuperación y progreso personal de adultos con consumo problemático, usuarios de un centro de salud

Abstract

This systematization of experience focuses on an integrative intervention aimed at the recovery process and personal progress of adults with problematic substance use. The project was carried out at the Universidad Politecnica Salesiana, Guayaquil campus, with activities developed in a host institution located in the same city, based on a treatment program for addictive behaviors. A qualitative, descriptive methodology was employed, involving a population of adults aged between 18 and 40 years, both male and female, of mestizo ethnicity, who were participating in a recovery process related to drug use. Various techniques and tools were applied in response to the complexity of the phenomenon, highlighting role-play as a strategy ix to facilitate the interpretation of lived experiences, Socratic dialogue for the identification of maladaptive and irrational belief, and focus groups to explore participants' perspectives on this issue. The results evidenced improvements in communication skills, emotions expression within their relational systems, self-perception of the change process, greater family involvement, and a better understanding of the personal pace required to achieve their goal of consciously and sustainably ceasing substance use.