English to Spanish Social Sciences Telecom(munications) Teaching

Me parece que debe de haber un error tipográfico, porque no tiene sentido que una persona que acaba de dejar el alcohol decida aprender a programar computadoras (coding). A lo mejor es "go for coping". A continuación el contexto:

The women released from prison or who suffered from alcohol addiction
who were trained and received advice from the Ulyana NGO in Vitebsk
highlighted the development of social ties and the fact that they were able
to take a number of important steps to change their behaviour in future.
Some of them decided to abstain from alcohol and go for coding, whilst
several people became involved in helping others; they became active
volunteers and their social networks changed. (“I just stopped communicating
with many casual friends while I hardly had any friends from my
previous life… My husband’s friends started dropping by, which they had
never done before. His brother started visiting us together with his family,
something that was completely new ... I used to immediately make friends
with a person who drank; now I regard him or her as someone in need of
help.”)