A Study on the Recovery Process of Drug Addicts in the Treatment Community: Focusing on DARC Cases

The purpose of this study is to explore the process of how drug addicts recover through the rehabilitation center experience. To achieve this purpose, data were collected through in-depth interviews from 10 individuals participants were selected who currently going through recovery in rehabilitation center. The collected data were analyzed by qualitative reserch method proposed by Yin (2013). The analysis results revealed that the participants are experiencing different stages of recovery such as deciding admission process, adapting a new life, going through relapse, opening up their mind (emotional openness), acceptance, growing together, and the generate motivation of recovery from the rehabilitation center. Additionally, the physical environment of the community and the therapeutic atmosphere created by the administrator were acted as recovery factors in the rehabilitation center. Based on these findings, the researchers made several suggestions for revitalizing the rehabilitation center to overcome relapse, such as creating a therapeutic atmosphere, put down prejudice about admission into the center, and accepting the feelings and desires of which users go through.