Prosek, Elizabeth A., Giordano, Amanda L., Woehler, Elliott S., Loseu, Sahar, Stamman, Julia, Lollar, Shannon, Grossman, Hannah, and Stroh, Lauren
Nine collegiate illicit substance users participated in a phenomenological study of their perceptions of religion, spirituality, and substance use. We identified three themes from the interviews: (a) development of substance‐using behaviors, (b) journey with religion and spirituality, and (c) intersectionality of substance use and religious and spiritual journeys. The participants voiced a complex bidirectional relationship among use behaviors, religion, and spirituality that could be facilitative, adverse, or divergent. We provide implications and suggestions for future research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]