Table 2 Verbatim answers to qualitative interview to understand goals of therapy
Participant | Verbal answer |
|---|---|
1 | Remain abstinent from drugs |
2 | I don’t want to use drugs |
3 | Not use street drugs |
4 | Get off opioids completely |
5 | Maintain my job |
6 | Just get my life back; I’m still an addict and I don’t want that to sneak back on me |
7 | To not be sick anymore |
8 | Being completely off drugs. To never touch drugs again |
9 | Being able to control my addiction. Just living a life without having to take medication every day |
10 | Not to use drugs |
11 | Being independent from methadone and drugs |
12 | Pain control |
13 | To get off methadone and never look back at any opioids |
14 | Managing my addictive personality, whether it is a drug addiction or not |
15 | Get clean; not going back on opioid and not go back on Suboxone |
16 | Become drug free |
17 | Get off methadone; be done with this all |
18 | Get off it (methadone) completely |