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1. INTRODUCTION s 27 active substance use has a high impact on these by enhancing perception and causes new thoughts, new experiences. Due to the novelty of these experiences, these start to belong to a new self. By expressing feelings and meanings and choosing how to think about them, the person creates her/his identity (Gray, 2005; Kassai, Pintér, & Racz, 2018). In the method of 12-step groups “working” on identity is one the most important elements of the recovery process. Engaging with new identity could help keep a distance from the previous ‘spoiled” identity and helps to cope with stigma (Hill & Leeming, 2014). In research practice during the data collection questions like these should be asked: How did you see yourself at the beginning of the substance use/symptoms? How did you see yourself during substance use/illness? How do you see yourself now? During the data analysis, the process of the identity change should be captured. c 1.4. HUNGARIAN OUALITATIVE STUDIES ON ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE USE In this sub-chapter, the aim is to mention some of the invaluable research studies that were published in Hungary and in the Hungarian context by Hungarian Researchers. Bernadette Péley examined the role of initiation rite in identity change among adolescents (Péley, 1994). Gábor Kelemen has many remarkable research results on addiction therapy, on family context and alcohol policy (Kelemen, 2001, 2009). With Márta B. Erdős they analyzed speeches of patients from rehabilitation centers and life stories of recovering addicts (B. Erdős & Kelemen, 2005). Marta B. Erdés, Eva Vojtek, Gabor Kelemen, Linda Szijjarté (2017) discovered identities of novel psychoactive substance (NPS) users, and the results draw attention to the examination of identity constructions (by analyzing social networks and narratives) of NPS users. Jozsef Madacsy (2013) examined Hungarian AA groups with ethnography method. Zsolt Nagy (2015) discovered the agenda and values in 12step groups and how people who are in recovery from addiction incorporate the values of recovery and being sober in their lives. Marta Csabai (2005) examined somatization, self-organization and verbal representation of illness. Zsuzsa Kalé has examined metaphors of drug users, interviews of pregnant drug users and experiences of mephedrone users (Kald, 2009, 2014; Kalo, Mándi, Váradi, & Rácz, 2011; Kaló g Rácz, 2008; Kaló, Vida, Gogibedasvili, Van Hout, g Rácz, 2013). József Rácz has numerous important work on the gualitative examination of drug use (Rácz, 2006), injecting drug use (Rácz, Csak, Farago, & Vadasz, 2012; Rácz, Csák, g Lisznyai, 2015) and on recovery approach and peer helpers (Rácz g Lacko, 2008).
