. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 18.

Published in final edited form as: Alcohol Treat Q. 2009 Jan 1;27(1):38–50. doi: 10.1080/07347320802586726

TABLE 3.

Helping Others Within Settings Over Time

	Time sober
Helping others	Last drink	One year sober	Twenty years sober
General Helping Within Settings^*
Work	26.0 (7.3)a	30.3(4.2)b	33.0 (5.4)b
Home	23.4(6.7)a	32.6 (4.3)b	34.4 (4.5)b
12-Step programs	25.0 (9.7)a	35.4(3.9)b	36.5 (8.4)b
Helping Specific to 12- Step Programs^*
Helping with service commitment tasks	2.4 (1.2)a	3.2 (0.7)b	3.4 (0.7)b
Helping others with step-work	2.0 (1.2)a	2.8 (1.2)b	3.5 (0.6)c
Sponsoring others	1.3 (1.1)a	2.6(1.2)b	3.5 (1.3)c

Time Main Effect (p < .001 >; helping levels not sharing a common letter are significantly different at p < .005.