## 3 Results
### Analyses of the Themes and Quotes
#### 3.3.4. Significant Others are Usually a Double-Edged Sword  
Apart from the negative influences, receiving care and support from significant others was one of the motivators for participants to quit drugs (\(N=9\)). This could be achieved from the family (\(N=8\)) and the spouse (\(N=1\)). Some participants expressed that they quit drugs because of the love from their family (e.g., LKF1: \"My family loves me very much\"; NS7: \"My mother told me to quit drugs and said the whole family would accept me again and let me go back home. This was my motivation to quit\"). They did not wish their families to be worried about them and get hurt (e.g., LSF1: \"I don't want my family getting hurt and sad... they were in tears when visiting me [in the treatment center]\"), so they decided to quit drugs. This shows that the existence of significant others can be a double-edged sword [40]. The feelings of distress and loneliness from the lack of connectedness with family can easily drive the participants to resort to drugs, while unconditional love, support, and acceptance from significant others are crucial for the participants to gain comfort and strength to resist against drugs. Some participants even regained the motivation to achieve drug abstinence forever when they perceived the care and support from significant others as the powerful force driving them to quit drugs (\(N=48\)). For example, [PERSON] shared the experience of receiving unconditional love and support from the family: \"My mother came to visit me in the Drug Addiction Treatment Center regularly on holidays and she didn't give up on me. She didn't ignore me due to my drug-taking behavior; rather, she did the secret from relatives and protected me from being looked down on by them. So my motivation [to quit drugs] comes from my mother.\" This shows that the continuous support from the family helps strengthen the will to quit drugs. [PERSON] also expressed that \"when you are admitted into the Drug Addiction Treatment Center, it's just like you're no longer backed up by friends... no people contact you... but my family came to visit me once a week, every week, four times a month... I think no one else would treat me like they've done.\" Participants reflect that the friends who they used to be greatly concerned about were not as reliable and trustworthy as their own families; their families become a source of motivation, encouraging them to quit drugs and lead new lives. As illustrated by [PERSON], \"When you have your family, you'll have hope; if you have no family, you'll lose the motivation to live... I need to treat my parents better but not let them down again.\" For the participants, family members who love and support them unconditionally are important significant others who can highly motivate them to give up taking drugs. Another motivator for achieving drug abstinence permanently is the loss of significant others (\(N=3\)). The passing of their family members (\(N=2\)) helped them experience an epiphany. As NS2 said, \"When I went to the drug treatment center this time, my family member passed away... I cannot see him again when I'm discharged... I know that my grandfather died... he loved me most... I cannot risk having/doing something else that I would regret.\" Losing significant others brought about regret; wishing not to have a similar experience again, participants were motivated to quit drugs on a permanent basis. Also, losing significant others helped participants understand that they could count on no one but themselves in order to beat their drug abuse; as shared by NM1, \"Mother... I loved her very much; at that time, she gave me money for buying drugs every day... now I wish to quit drugs very much because I knew that she wanted me to do so.