About I Closed the Depot: Addiction and Recovery in Kampala
Dipo Naziggala (I Closed the Depot): Addiction and Recovery in Kampala is a podcast about addiction and recovery in Kampala Uganda. The stories told in this podcast were drawn from a four-year collaborative research study of the techniques Ugandans living in the suburbs of Kampala use to respond to alcohol related problems.
While approximately 58 percent of Ugandans claim that they abstain from alcohol entirely, the WHO estimates that those who do drink have an exceptionally high estimated per capita consumption rate of 23.7 liters of pure alcohol per year. For comparison, the WHO 2014 report estimates the per capita consumption rate among American drinkers at 13.3 liters and Russian drinkers at 22.3 liters (World Health Organization 2014).
Over the course of four years (2015-2019) we sought to learn about alcohol use and the ways that people attempt to resolve situations of problem drinking by spending time talking with people in bars and in the places where they sought help for their problems. Some of these people sought help in formal drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers and Alcoholics Anonymous support groups. Given the relatively recent introduction of Western ideas of alcoholism and addiction in Uganda, most people sought help for their problems outside of the formal medical system. They visited herbalists to buy herbal emetic therapies. They made offerings to the lubaale spirits in the shrines of basamize. They prayed for deliverance in Pentecostal and Charismatic churches. This podcast is a collection of their stories.
The stories told here are true as remembered by the people who shared them with the research team. In accordance with the requirements of the Uganda National Council for Science and Technology, they have changed the names of the people involved as well as place names and other identifying details.
We hope that in sharing these stories with you that you may come to learn about the wide range of techniques people can use to resolve situations of problem drinking. They also hope that the stories may give you hope of addressing the problems that you may encounter in your own life. Finally, they want to express their deep thanks to all of the people who shared their stories with them so that they could share them with you.
In this episode a woman named Irene finds healing through participation in ritual offerings and spirit mediumship.
Dipo Naziggala (I Closed the Depot): Addiction and Recovery in Kampala is twelve-part podcast about addiction and recovery in Kampala Uganda. The stories told in this podcast were drawn from a four-year collaborative research study of the techniques Ugandans living in the suburbs of Kampala use to respond to alcohol related problems.
15 May 2022
Gregory
In this episode a man named Gregory seeks recovery through participation in inpatient rehabilitation programs, Alcoholics Anonymous, and a Pentecostal church.
Dipo Naziggala (I Closed the Depot): Addiction and Recovery in Kampala is twelve-part podcast about addiction and recovery in Kampala Uganda. The stories told in this podcast were drawn from a four-year collaborative research study of the techniques Ugandans living in the suburbs of Kampala use to respond to alcohol related problems
8 May 2022
Richard
In this episode a man named Richard finds healing and a new community in a Pentecostal church.
Dipo Naziggala (I Closed the Depot): Addiction and Recovery in Kampala is twelve-part podcast about addiction and recovery in Kampala Uganda. The stories told in this podcast were drawn from a four-year collaborative research study of the techniques Ugandans living in the suburbs of Kampala use to respond to alcohol related problems.
1 May 2022
Amos
In this episode a man named Amos finds healing through participation in ritual offerings and spirit mediumship.
Dipo Naziggala (I Closed the Depot): Addiction and Recovery in Kampala is twelve-part podcast about addiction and recovery in Kampala Uganda. The stories told in this podcast were drawn from a four-year collaborative research study of the techniques Ugandans living in the suburbs of Kampala use to respond to alcohol related problems.
24 Apr 2022
Maurice
In this episode a man named Maurice makes repeated attempts to stop drinking at an inpatient rehabilitation center and an Alcoholics Anonymous group.
Dipo Naziggala (I Closed the Depot): Addiction and Recovery in Kampala is twelve-part podcast about addiction and recovery in Kampala Uganda. The stories told in this podcast were drawn from a four-year collaborative research study of the techniques Ugandans living in the suburbs of Kampala use to respond to alcohol related problem
17 Apr 2022
Kato
In this episode a man named Kato is visited by the ghost of his mother who threatens to kill him if he does not stop drinking.
Dipo Naziggala (I Closed the Depot): Addiction and Recovery in Kampala is twelve-part podcast about addiction and recovery in Kampala Uganda. The stories told in this podcast were drawn from a four-year collaborative research study of the techniques Ugandans living in the suburbs of Kampala use to respond to alcohol related problems.
10 Apr 2022
Dean
In this episode a man named Dean who stopped drinking through participation in an inpatient recovery program and Alcoholics Anonymous group.
Dipo Naziggala (I Closed the Depot): Addiction and Recovery in Kampala is twelve-part podcast about addiction and recovery in Kampala Uganda. The stories told in this podcast were drawn from a four-year collaborative research study of the techniques Ugandans living in the suburbs of Kampala use to respond to alcohol related problems
3 Apr 2022
Daniella
In this episode a woman named Daniella experiences deliverance in a Pentecostal church
Dipo Naziggala (I Closed the Depot): Addiction and Recovery in Kampala is twelve-part podcast about addiction and recovery in Kampala Uganda. The stories told in this podcast were drawn from a four-year collaborative research study of the techniques Ugandans living in the suburbs of Kampala use to respond to alcohol related problems
27 Mar 2022
Semuju
In this episode a man named Semuju learns to care for the ancestral spirits that had caused him to drink.
Dipo Naziggala (I Closed the Depot): Addiction and Recovery in Kampala is twelve-part podcast about addiction and recovery in Kampala Uganda. The stories told in this podcast were drawn from a four-year collaborative research study of the techniques Ugandans living in the suburbs of Kampala use to respond to alcohol related problems.
20 Mar 2022
Mayanja
In this episode a man named Mayanja visits an herbalist to try an emetic therapy.
Dipo Naziggala (I Closed the Depot): Addiction and Recovery in Kampala is twelve-part podcast about addiction and recovery in Kampala Uganda. The stories told in this podcast were drawn from a four-year collaborative research study of the techniques Ugandans living in the suburbs of Kampala use to respond to alcohol related problems
13 Mar 2022
Glenda
In this episode a woman named Glenda is welcomed by an aunt who offers her an opportunity to negotiate a new relationship with alcohol.
Dipo Naziggala (I Closed the Depot): Addiction and Recovery in Kampala is twelve-part podcast about addiction and recovery in Kampala Uganda. The stories told in this podcast were drawn from a four-year collaborative research study of the techniques Ugandans living in the suburbs of Kampala use to respond to alcohol related problems
6 Mar 2022
Kajumba
In this episode a man named Kajumba is visited by a vision of God and decides to leave alcohol behind.
Dipo Naziggala (I Closed the Depot): Addiction and Recovery in Kampala is twelve-part podcast about addiction and recovery in Kampala Uganda. The stories told in this podcast were drawn from a four-year collaborative research study of the techniques Ugandans living in the suburbs of Kampala use to respond to alcohol related problems
2 Mar 2022
Introduction
This first episode provides an overview of the podcast and the study that informs it.
Dipo Naziggala (I Closed the Depot): Addiction and Recovery in Kampala is twelve-part podcast about addiction and recovery in Kampala Uganda. The stories told in this podcast were drawn from a four-year collaborative research study of the techniques Ugandans living in the suburbs of Kampala use to respond to alcohol related problems
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