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6. GENERAL DISCUSSION = 83 Self-help group ) User identity Non-addict => Recovery identity » Recovering helper } 5. Figure Process of identity change during addiction and recovery with recovering helper identity According to the Groesbecks (1975) Wounded Healer Paradigm (the wounded healer was first described by Jung (1963)) the wounded healer is only able to help patients if he/she is aware of his/her wounds, otherwise the healer unconsciously projects his/her own wounds onto the patient, especially when both the patients and a client has something in common. In this case, treatment loses professional objectivity (Miller & Baldwin, 1987). Therefore, working and reflecting on own recovery is not only beneficial for the healer but this is a fundamental element of helping others with the same problem. 6.3.2. Study 2 and Study 3 Study 2 and Study 3 could be discussed together as significant research results because the findings of these studies respond to the lack of literature on examination of NPS use with a qualitative approach. Many papers have published data on NPS use and tried to discover the effects and consequences of using these new types of drugs. Most of these results are based upon quantitative survey (e.g.: Barratt et al. 2013 ; A. R. Winstock & Barratt, 2013 etc.) or medical case reports (e.g.: Müller et al., 2015; Müller et al., 2010; Zimmermann et al., 2009 etc.). When I have started to conduct this research, no previous study examined the use of NPS from the users’ perspective. However research results like that could be beneficial for addiction treatment services. At the time of Study 2 and Study 3 were under processing at Harm Reduction Journal and International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction Marie Claire Van Hout and Evelyne Hearne published a paper that examined narratives of synthetic cannabinoid users and analyzed their experiences of dependence and withdrawal symptoms (Van Hout & Hearne, 2016). Their study was the first in this field which published qualitative results on users’ perspective, nonetheless Study 2 and Study 3 are the first studies that could give a detailed and profound analysis of SC users’ experiences and these studies also
