Patterns of Drinking and AA Attendance Following Alcohol Rehabilitation,
Kolb D, Coben P, and Heckman NA,
Military
Medicine, Vol. 146, 200-204, 1981
“Previous
studies of outcome for Navy enlisted men treated in alcohol
rehabilitation facilities have relied heavily upon completion of
obligated service, type of discharge awarded, and recommendation for
reenlistment as criteria of effectiveness (1,Z). These effectiveness
criteria reflect primarily the disciplinary problems a man has
experienced during his service career, whether or not the infractions
were associated with drinking. Among older men (age 26 or
older), post-treatment effectiveness rates by these criteria have
approached 90 per cent; among younger men effectiveness rates have
ranged between 55 and 60 per cent, not very different from the
effectiveness rate for young men in their first enlistments not
involved in alcohol treatment (3). Navy rehabilitation programs rely
heavily on an Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) approach and discourages any
continued use of alcohol. Men leaving rehabilitation are encouraged
to continue participation in AA, and are advised whom to contact at
their next duty station. No information has been systematically
obtained from former rehabilitation participants about their
post-treatment experience, including alcohol consumption patterns and
participation in AA, The present study was designed specifically to
gather such information in an effort to provide a rational basis for
assessing treatment goals and methods.”
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