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Alcoholics Anonymous after Treatment: Attendance and Abstinence

Norman G. Hoffmann, Patricia A. Harrison, Carol A. Belille

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Follow-up data on 900 inpatients at eight hospital-based chemical dependency treatment centers demonstrate a high correlation between total abstinence 6 months after discharge and weekly attendance at Alcoholics Anonymous during this period. Almost three-fourths (73%) of the regular attendees remained chemically free, compared with one-third (33%) of the nonattendees. These data suggest that Alcoholics Anonymous is an appropriate and beneficial aftercare for the majority of treatment inpatients.

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Key concepts: Alcoholics Anonymous, Abstinence, Attendance, Psychiatry, Medicine, Psychology, Economic growth, Economics