A behavioral choice analysis of the role of life events during early nonabstinent natural recovery from alcohol use disorder.

ABSTRACT: Prior research supported a behavioral choice analysis of the role of life events in posttreatment drinking among abstinence-seeking inpatients with alcohol use disorder (AUD). This study investigated the generality of those relationships among persons attempting "natural" recovery involving moderation drinking. We had two hypotheses: (1) The likelihood of drinking after an event would be related to the degree of alcohol-related disruption in the life-health area of the event. (2) Event-related drinking episodes would be quantitatively greater than event-unrelated episodes. Participants (N = 83) were from a larger integrated data set of prospective natural recovery studies of persons with AUD who had stopped heavy drinking and had 6-month follow-up reports of drinking and events; abs

SUBMITTER: Stinson LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12001239 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature