Introduction: Quitting drugs causes growth and change in different areas of life, including the career path. The present study was conducted with the aim of explaining the career path development and its obstacles one year after addiction rehabilitation.
Materials and methods: This study was a qualitative content analysis. The statistical population was all people suffering from substance abuse one year after drug addiction rehabilitation in Shahrekord city in 1400. Based on purposeful and snowball sampling, semi-structured interviews were conducted on the participants and 15 people were selected until saturation was reached. Data analysis was done by content analysis based on the steps suggested by Granheim and Lundman.
Results: The mean and standard deviation of the participants was 9.8 ± 42.6 years. Data analysis led to the emergence of 3 main categories of career development, stability of recovery, barriers to career development and 15 sub-categories including treatment of addiction, determination and determination, compensation for the past, gaining job confidence, job learning, job development, internal motivation, effectiveness and Application of the Narcotics Anonymous program, specific location, external support, financial problems, physical problems, lack of confidence, lack of self-confidence in starting the career path, criminal record.
Conclusion: Therefore, it is necessary to provide special services for skill training and training of necessary job skills for disabled people, and special financial facilities for starting a business should be allocated to these people by banks.