This paper evolved from previous research on women's experience of addiction and recovery. The original study was based on detailed semi-structured interviews analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA). In this study a poetic representation of material from participants' accounts was created to explore how a focus on the poetic possibilities may enhance the previous studies and contribute to understanding the participants' experience and its meaning. The data for this paper are drawn from a study of six female participants. The poetic representation is derived from the account of one participant. It is suggested that while the poetic representation functions primarily as a research text, it can also be considered as a poetic text. The poetic presentation adds another perspective to the two previous interpretative phenomenological studies of the same material. It portrays the individual's unique story, using the participant's own words, in a holistic manner. Considered in conjunction with the two previous studies, they can be seen as complementing each other, attending both to the experiential dimension as well as to the interpretative possibilities in the material.