ArticleAddiction (Abingdon, England)2019
Profiles of recovery from alcohol use disorder at three years following treatment: can the definition of recovery be extended to include high functioning heavy drinkers?
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63 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 114 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Fifteen-month drinking reductions in a randomized clinical trial of cognitive-behavioral and mindfulness-based treatments and a matched nontreatment-seeking community sample.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2026Trial
- Intermittent theta burst to the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex promoted decreased alcohol consumption and improved outcomes in those with alcohol use disorder: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2025Trial
- Predictors of treatment outcome for individuals with alcohol use disorder with a goal of controlled drinking.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2024Trial
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- Applying methods for personalized medicine to the treatment of alcohol use disorder.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2021Trial
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- Drinking Risk Level Reductions Associated with Improvements in Physical Health and Quality of Life Among Individuals with Alcohol Use Disorder.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2018Trial
- Individual and Community Social Determinants of Health and Recovery from Alcohol Use Disorder Three Years following Treatment.Journal of psychoactive drugsTrial
- Investigating Secondary Alcohol Outcomes in a Contingency Management Intervention among American Indian and Alaska Native Adults.Journal of addiction medicineTrial
- Does Reflective Thinking Improve the Ability to Plan in Light and Heavy Drinkers? A Clinical-Experimental Model of Metacognition.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2026Article
- Sleep variability as an important marker of treatment outcomes in a clinical sample receiving psychotherapy treatment for alcohol use disorder.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2026Article
- Beyond frequency of use: Exploring additional metrics for quantifying cocaine use and their relation to life functioning and treatment outcome.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2025Article
- Factors Associated with Abstinence Among Men with Alcohol Use Disorder: A Qualitative Study.Indian journal of psychological medicine · 2025Article
- Predictors of high- and low-risk drinking after group treatment for alcohol use disorder.BJPsych open · 2025Article
- Finding purpose: Integrated latent profile and machine learning analyses identify purpose in life as an important predictor of high-functioning recovery after alcohol treatment.Addictive behaviors · 2025Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
aimsRecovery from alcohol use disorder (AUD) is often narrowly defined by abstinence from alcohol and improvements in functioning (e.g. mental health, social functioning, employment). This study used latent profile analysis to examine variability in recovery outcomes, defined by alcohol use, alcohol-related problems and psychosocial functioning at 3 years following treatment. Secondary analysis investigated pre-treatment, post-treatment and 1- and 3-year post-treatment covariate predictors of the latent profiles.
designSecondary analysis of data from a randomized clinical trial.
settingUnited States.
participantsWe used data from the out-patient arm of Project MATCH (n = 806; 29.7% female, 22.2% non-white). MEASUREMENTS: Recovery was defined by latent profile analyses including measures of psychosocial functioning and life satisfaction (Psychosocial Functioning Inventory), unemployment and mental health (Addiction Severity Index), alcohol and other drug use (Form 90) and alcohol-related consequences (Drinker Inventory of Consequences) 3 years following treatment. Mixture modeling was used to examine correlates of profiles.
findingsWe identified four profiles at 3 years following treatment: (1) poor functioning frequent heavy drinkers, (2) poor functioning infrequent heavy drinkers, (3) high functioning occasional heavy drinkers and (4) high-functioning infrequent non-heavy drinkers. There were relatively few differences on indicators of functioning and treatment-related variables between the high functioning infrequent non-heavy drinkers and the high-functioning occasional heavy drinkers, other than high-functioning occasional heavy drinkers having lower alcohol dependence severity [odds ratio (OR) = 0.94, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.90, 0.98], fewer post-treatment coping skills (OR = 0.54, 95% CI = 0.32, 0.90) and lower 3-year post-treatment abstinence self-efficacy (OR = 0.37, 95% CI = 0.28, 0.49) and Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) involvement (OR = 0.87, 95% CI = 0.85, 0.99). The two high-functioning profiles showed the greatest improvements in functioning from baseline through the 3-year follow-up, whereas the low-functioning profiles showed the least amount of improvement. High-functioning occasional heavy drinkers had higher purpose in life than the poor-functioning profiles.
conclusionsSome individuals who engage in heavy drinking following treatment for alcohol use disorder may function as well as those who are mostly abstinent with respect to psychosocial functioning, employment, life satisfaction and mental health.
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