fa فرایند ترک اعتیاد در معتادان مراجعه‌کننده به انجمن معتادان گمنام ● Psychosocial Health مقاله اصيل پژوهشي Orginal Article <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#2F4F4F;"><strong>Background:</strong></span> This research aimed at studying the process of substance dependence treatment in Narcotics Anonymous (NA) association.&nbsp;<br> <span style="color:#2F4F4F;"><strong>Methods:</strong></span> This qualitative study applied a narrative research technique. The study population consisted of all individuals referring to the Torbat Heydarieh NA association in 2016. The study samples were selected by purposive sampling method. Three group interviews were conducted with 10 NA participants who have treated their substance dependence and always joined the association sessions. Each interview lasted about 4 to 6 hours.<br> <span style="color:#2F4F4F;"><strong>Results:</strong></span> The most critical effects of attending NA sessions may be cognitive and faith-value changes, as follow: raising the awareness of self-illness, its symptoms and how to cope with it, promoting self-awareness and characteristics, and identifying the root causes leading to the condition in each person.&nbsp;<br> <span style="color:#2F4F4F;"><strong>Conclusion:</strong></span> The treatment is oriented towards making the inner police and consciousness in substance dependents. According to David Matza&rsquo;s theory, a deviant person first neutralizes this internal assessing as well as supervising force; then, he/she commits deviance. Completing 12 personal steps is an inward process that shapes the mechanism of recovery in substance dependents. <strong><span dir="RTL"></span></strong></div> Narcotics Anonymous (NA), Mechanisms of substance treatment, Neutralizing techniques 43 52 http://jrh.gmu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1368-4&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Maryam Eskafi مریم اسکافی نوغانی meskafi@yahoo.com 0943248213 100319475328460017277 Yes Department of Social Science, School of Humanities, Gonabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Gonabad, Iran. دانشگاه ازاد اسلامی واحد گناباد Reza Abbaspour 100319475328460017278 100319475328460017278 No Department of Islamic Jurisprudence, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran.