Mexican migrants experiences about emotions lived during their migration process, with alcohol and drugs consumption

Abstract

The objective of this study was to analyze migrant experiences in México and United States of America (USA) about emotions lived during the migration process along with alcohol and drugs consumption. It was an ethnographic study with depth interviews, 19 in Mexico and 19 in USA. The analysis was phenomenological. The participants pointed out negative and depressive emotions, in connection with different consume patterns of alcohol and drugs, along the migration phases.

Keywords

• Emociones
• alcohol
• drogas
• migrantes
• apoyo social