Participation in alcoholics anonymous: intended and unintended change mechanisms

Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2003 Mar;27(3):524-32. doi: 10.1097/01.ALC.0000057941.57330.39.

Abstract

This article is a compilation of the information presented at a symposium at the 2001 RSA Meeting in Montreal, Canada. The presentations were: (1) Maintaining change after conjoint behavioral alcohol treatment for men: the role of involvement with Alcoholics Anonymous, by Barbara S. McCrady and Elizabeth E. Epstein; (2) Changing AA practices and outcomes: Project MATCH 3-year follow-up, by J. Scott Tonigan; (3) Life events and patterns of recovery of AA-exposed adults and adolescents, by Patricia L. Owen and Valerie Slaymaker; (4) Social networks and AA involvement as mediators of change, by Lee Ann Kaskutas and Keith Humphreys; and (5) What do we know about Alcoholics Anonymous? by William R. Miller, discussant.

Publication types

  • Congress

MeSH terms

  • Alcoholics Anonymous*
  • Alcoholism / psychology
  • Alcoholism / therapy*
  • Analysis of Variance
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Temperance / psychology
  • Temperance / statistics & numerical data*
  • Treatment Outcome