: Latino Culture, Shared Experiences, and Recovery in Northern Californian Anexos.

This article examines the 's use of Latino culture and shared experiences to promote recovery and its appeal to 1.5- and second-generation Latinos. are grassroots recovery groups with origins in Mexico that offer a residential Alcoholics Anonymous program in Latino communities.

Ethnographic research in immigrant-specific drug abuse recovery houses.

Access to study populations is a major concern for drug use and treatment researchers. Spaces related to drug use and treatment have varying levels of researcher accessibility based on several issues, including legality, public versus private settings, and insider/outsider status. Ethnographic research methods are indispensable for gaining and maintaining access to hidden or "hard-to-reach" populations.

The in Northern California: An Alcoholics Anonymous-Based Recovery Residence in Latino Communities.

Our ethnographic study on help-seeking pathways of Latino immigrants in northern California reveals that they turn to in their treatment and recovery quest. are linguistically- and culturally-specific recovery houses with origins in Mexico and Alcoholics Anonymous and a long history in Latino communities across the United States. Drawing on the findings of our study, we characterize the and compare them to other recovery residences using National Alliance for Recovery Residences (NARR) criteria.

Sociopolitical contexts for addiction recovery: Anexos in U.S. Latino communities.

Background: Anexos are community-based recovery houses that were created in Mexico to serve people struggling with addiction to alcohol and other drugs. Brought to the U.S.