[Mothers] ultimately sought treatment because of their own desire to stop using drugs and for reasons related to personal well-being. Those were the only factors we tested; however, there are undoubtedly other reasons, too. |
They were just sick of their day-to-day lives. They had just had enough. They were feeling down and anxious. |
We have such a cultural expectation that children are going to be an intrinsic source of motivation for mothers. What we found was that what was going on internally with the women was more important than what was going on externally. |