Journal
EVALUATION REVIEW
Volume 31, Issue 6, Pages 613-646Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X07306745
Keywords
12-step; treatment; recovery; self-help
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- NIDA NIH HHS [R01 DA015133-04, R01 DA015133] Funding Source: Medline
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Rates of return to active substance use after addiction treatment tend to be high; participation in 12-step fellowships (e.g., Alcoholics Anonymous) reduces relapse rates but many clients do not attend or attend for a short period only. This quasi-experimental study uses repeated measurement to explore the role of presence/absence of on-site 12-step meetings during treatment on posttreatment outcomes. Polysubstance-dependent clients (N = 219) recruited at a program with and one without 12-step on-site, were followed for one year post-treatment. On-site 12-step enhanced 12-step attendance, especially during treatment, and predicted continuous abstinence for the post-treatment year. Holding 12-step meetings on-site is a low-cost strategy that programs should consider to foster post-treatment remission maintenance.
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