A Qualitative Study of the Causes of Drugs Relapse in Addicts

The purpose of this study was to determine the causes of substance abuse by drug users.

This study was a qualitative and case study design. Its population consisted of people recovering from drug addiction in 2018 who tried to quit and discontinue drug addiction via Narcotics Anonymous (NA). Participants in this study were selected by sample size determination as 14 people. The method of data collection was semi-structured interview which consisted of two parts: demographic information, identifying the reasons for reuse and discovering the causes. To determine its standard level, a three-item method (researcher, supervisor and similar counselors) was used.

The analysis method was performed by reviewing the explicit and hidden content of the data obtained from the writing and speeches by manual coding method.

The findings of this study showed that in drugs reuse among the recovering individuals of NAs, individual, psychological and social factors were also effective.