Articles & Research
At Chrysalis, we aim to be thought leaders in the area of to addiction and related issues such as dual diagnosis, physical health, homelessness, and domestic violence. To ensure that we are making the best decisions with regards to the services we provide, we conduct our own research in partnership with Irish academic institutions and others across the world.
Our research and articles are freely available and ready for reference to all individuals and organisations alike. Scroll below to view our publications.
Marking Recovery Month 2026
Passerose Mantoy - CEO
September is Recovery Month, a time to celebrate recovery and the achievements and resilience of so many. The colour purple is the official colour representing strength, bravery and persistence, qualities required to face addiction. It is also a colour associated with wisdom and personal transformation - mirroring the journey of recovery.
So how would I define Recovery? As the CEO of Chrysalis Community Drug Project, a person-centred harm reduction addiction service, I believe it is up to the individual to define their recovery not up to the professionals. Recovery is a process...
“The Tools You Use Will Be Different to the Tools I
Use”
Bryan Rainbow
Bryan Rainbow's research explores how people accessing support from Chrysalis Community Drug Project define and understand recovery.
Using a qualitative research design involving 12 semi-structured interviews with Chrysalis service users, Bryan's research explores the meanings people attach to recovery and how they understand it. The findings indicate that participants understood recovery as a broad, individualised, evolving, and relational process of rebuilding or constructing a meaningful life, involving improvements in wellbeing and quality of life, in which substance use may or may not be a central feature.