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Objective: The specific aims of this study were to identify their needs of physical activity program and explore promotion factor and barrier to attend the program. Methods: The participants were 10 male problem drinkers with AUDIT (Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test) score of 20 or higher. They are also those who attended at least eight times a week in a program that ran from April to November 2016. Individual interviews were conducted for 30 minutes to less than an hour, and the collected data was analyzed in accordance with the qualitative content analysis. Results: The findings were revealed in 5 categories: ‘Change of physical and health behavior’, ‘Change of cognitive and psychosocial status’, ‘promotion factors of participating in the program’, ‘barriers of participating in the program’, ‘needs for physical activity program’. We found out that the physical activity program had positively affected the problem drinkers' physical activity. It was found that some of the physical functions of a problem drinkers living in jjok-bang has improved, and it is positively affecting their health by physical activities. Conclusion: Problem drinkers living in Jjok-bang mostly have urgent and serious health problems, so directly teaching them about the necessity of abstinence is ineffective. Therefore, it is important to make the client get interested in their own health problem and then plan the program based on the client's condition and preparation stage. Since social interpersonal relationships within the jjok-bang also affected the drinking of individuals, it is necessary to expand the teams who participate in the programs. In addition, continuous management of problem drinking is required through the formation of a therapeutic trust relationship between the therapist and the client.