Toxicidad con Daphnia pule

Objective questions:

• Could you describe for me a typical day at the house?

What do you do from the time you wake up till the time you go to bed? ... Then what?

Are all the days in the week pretty similar or do you do different things on different days?

What about weekends?

• Is there any part of your daily routine that you particularly enjoy, or look forward to?

“Could you walk me through that…?”

Is there any part of your daily routine that you hate or don’t like doing? “Could you tell me more about that…?”

• Tell me what it’s like living in the same house with other people in a similar situation to you?

Is it supportive having others with you who are in the same boat?

• Tell me about the first night you stayed in the house?

How did you feel about what you are trying to achieve, recover from addiction?

• Does anything worry you about staying at the house? Are you concerned about things back home?

• Are you ever in touch with any family or friends while you stay at the house? Do you feel isolated or lonely being at the house?

Do you feel that you could use their support?

Is it better to be away, and take the time to get to where you want to be?

• Has there been a change or progress since coming to the house in overcoming your addiction?

How have things changed for you in your efforts to recover from your addiction since you’ve been staying at the house?

Have things been better for you since you’ve arrived at the house? Do you have any thoughts as to why things have been better for you? Have things been worse for you since you’ve arrived at the house? Do you have any thoughts as to why your situation has not improved?

• Is your stay at the house helping you to recover from your addiction? Yes. Could you tell me more about which aspects are helping you?

No. Could you, perhaps, try to describe for me your difficulties and how your stay at the house just isn’t what you need right now?

Not sure. You sound a bit uncertain or undecided. It sounds like there could be good things going on, but still recovery may seem out of reach. Could you tell me a bit about that?

• Have any of your experiences in the house, during your time there, been of any help to you, which you think may be helping you to recover from addiction?

Are there any aspects of your stay at the recovery house that are helping you to keep away from substances?

• How do you feel about returning home after your stay at the recovery house? What do you expect it will be like once you return back home?

Is there anything that worries you about returning home? Will things be better for you, or worse?

• What things are better for you in the recovery house than they are at home? • What things are worse for you in the recovery house than they are at home? • Are you winning in your effort to stay sober?

What is it that is helping you in your recovery? What is keeping you away from staying sober?

What barriers are there to overcoming your addiction?

Are there any aspects of your stay at the recovery house that are unhelpful? How do you feel about your stay here at the recovery house?

• If there was one thing that you could change about your stay at the recovery house what would that be?

• Magic Question: Let’s pretend we live in a magic world and a wizard walks through that door and says he’ll grant you anything and everything you wish for and it will be given to you, except to have your addiction to be taken away. What things will you wish for?

Once you’ve received all of these things, do you think it would be in any way easier to stop using permanently? Or do you think that abstaining from your substance would still be just as difficult?

Getting down to detailed descriptions…

• Maybe ask about a specific day’s schedule, say yesterday, or day of note in the last week. Being specific - Asking for concrete details elicits more meaningful data. • Could you describe for me a typical day at the house?

“Walk me through a typical day at the house.” Attempting to extract concrete, specific information.

• “Could you walk me through the last time you…turn to cook, weekly meeting, conversation at dinner, etc.?”

• Other ways of asking:

“Could you tell me about a time that’s clearest?” “Is there a specific incident that you have in mind?”

“Could you tell me what happened starting from the beginning?” “What is it like..?”

• Try to establish what things in their environment are working for them and which are not, and then try to get concrete, detailed examples of these.

• Could you tell me how you were first welcomed into the house?

Closed questions:

(Purpose is to get the respondent thinking about life at the house)

Closed questions around structure of day, daily routine, etc. To help keep the conversation moving, to encourage the respondent to talk, or to find a topic the respondent is willing to engage in.

• How long have you stayed at the house?

• How long have you been trying to stop using…?

• Is this the first time you’ve been in a rehabilitation service? • What does your schedule look like during the week?

Are your days filled? Do you have time for yourself?

• Do they expect you to wake up at a certain time, or do you wake up when you want? How did you come to stay at the recovery house? Did you look for their services

yourself? Were you recommended these services? Were you asked to come by family, employer or friends?

Appendix B

Sober Houses: The role of the environment in aiding