A Phenomenological Study on Life Rebuilding of Drug Addicts: Recovery and Personal Growth

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study examined the lives of drug addicts who were recovered from drug addiction by using phenomenological research method. It is useful socially and practically to understand about the rehabilitation and its process of substance abusers recovered from drug addiction. For this purpose, the participants were voluntarily consented five addicts claiming recovery who were diagnosed as intoxication or who participated in the recovery programs. Data were collected through one-on-one in-depth interviews for six months from September 2017. The study results were as follows. The substantial themes of recovery experience were "recovering touch with reality", "embracing the form of one's own existence", "reconstructing oneself in social relations", "self-love". Based on the study results and discussions, practical implications were suggested to help persons claiming recovery from substance abuse for their recovery and rehabilitation.

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