Redemption and Recovery

This ethnography continues the "e;thick description"e; of faith-based and science-based drug programs begun in Addiction Treatment. Using extensive interviews and his own participation in daily rounds of treatment, Hood provides a vivid comparison of resident experience at each type of institution.Redemption and Recovery tells the stories of two houses in the Bronx, NY that serve people with drug problems: "e;Redemption House"e; and "e;Recovery House."e; These stories include the direct accounts of residents' "e;druggin'"e; lives before treatment and their search for normalcy after recovery or redemption. Other chapters dissect the religion of science-based treatment and compare success rates, religious vs. secular.Addiction Treatment had detailed a similar process of personal conversion central to both treatments. This sequel uses the "e;contextualized demographics"e; of residents to uncover profound parallels between the two "e;unique"e; programs and debunk their shared ideology of abstinence.