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Recognising the recovering addict with Honneth: An intervention into the stigmatising language debate in the alcohol and other drugs (AOD) field (2023)
Journal Article
Walmsley, I. (2023). Recognising the recovering addict with Honneth: An intervention into the stigmatising language debate in the alcohol and other drugs (AOD) field. Drugs, Habits and Social Policy, 24(3), 220-231. https://doi.org/10.1108/DHS-05-2023-0019

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to assess the impact of the recommendation to replace identity-first language with person-first language on people who self-identify as recovering addicts as part of a recovery programme. Narcotics Anonymous (NA)... Read More about Recognising the recovering addict with Honneth: An intervention into the stigmatising language debate in the alcohol and other drugs (AOD) field.

Self-detoxification, embodiment and masculinity: A qualitative analysis of dependent heroin users' experiences of coming off drugs in prison (2021)
Journal Article
Walmsley, I. (2022). Self-detoxification, embodiment and masculinity: A qualitative analysis of dependent heroin users' experiences of coming off drugs in prison. Drugs: Education, Prevention, and Policy, 29(3), 245-254. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2021.1886252

Not all heroin users that enter the prison estate continue to use heroin or access opiate maintenance or detoxification treatment programmes. Some prisoners decide to self-detoxify. The literature on self-detoxification is thin and focuses on the dec... Read More about Self-detoxification, embodiment and masculinity: A qualitative analysis of dependent heroin users' experiences of coming off drugs in prison.

Coming off drugs: A critical history of the withdrawing body (2016)
Journal Article
Walmsley, I. (2016). Coming off drugs: A critical history of the withdrawing body. Contemporary Drug Problems, 43(4), 381-396. https://doi.org/10.1177/0091450916666641

Heroin withdrawal is perhaps one of the most taken-for-granted components of the addiction framework. Heroin users as well as researchers, policy makers, and practitioners have become dependent on it for thinking about and acting upon the process of... Read More about Coming off drugs: A critical history of the withdrawing body.

Governing the injecting drug user: Beyond needle fixation (2012)
Journal Article
Walmsley, I. (2012). Governing the injecting drug user: Beyond needle fixation. History of the Human Sciences, 25(4), 90-107. https://doi.org/10.1177/0952695112459135

This article offers a critical contribution to the debate on a problematic 'type' of injecting drug use referred to as needle fixation. At the heart of this debate, is a questioning of the existence, prevalence and usefulness of the needle fixation c... Read More about Governing the injecting drug user: Beyond needle fixation.