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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2006 Aug 3.
Published in final edited form as: Alcohol Treat Q. 2006;24(1-2):33–73. doi: 10.1300/J020v24n01_04

TABLE 1.

Key Variables Descriptives (N = 353)

Possible Range Mean Standard Deviation
Clean time from drugs (in months) 1–120 26.5 31.5
Dependence severity 0–14 11.7 2.4
Stress 0–10 6.3 2.6
Stressful Life events 0–11 3.9 2.1
Recovery Support 1–4 3.0 .30
Social Support 1–4 3.0 .35
Spirituality 0–4 3.0 .39
Religious activities 0–8 5.1 1.7
Life Meaning 1–4 3.2 5.1
Twelve-step affiliation:
 Ever Narcotics Anonymous (NA) ---- 87%
 Ever Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) ---- 72%
 Past year Narcotics Anonymous ---- 69%
 Past year Alcoholics Anonymous ---- 47%
 Any 12-step attendance past year (NA or AA) ---- 73%
 Total (NA+AA) meetings past year* ---- 141 135
 12-step involvement (activities in NA+AA)* 0–9 4.2 3.5
Quality of life satisfaction 0–10 7.5 1.9
*

among past year attenders