Table 1.

Service to Others in Sobriety (SOS) Item Responses: Frequency, Internal Consistency, and Stability

SOS Item a		Frequency			Internal Consistencyg	Test-Retest Reliabilityh
		Median	Mean (SD)	% Lowf
1.	Took calls or spent time with a sponsee	1.00	2.03 (1.36)	66%	.76***	.88***
2.	Guided an alcoholic/addict through the 12-Steps	1.50	2.06 (1.19)	59%	.76***	.84***
3.	Held a service position in a 12-Step programb	2.00	2.56 (1.70)	53%	.75***	.96***
4.	Say something positive to an alcoholic/addict	4.00	3.56 (1.54)	25%	.74***	.91***
5.	Listened to an alcoholic/addictd	4.00	3.22 (1.43)	28%	.75***	.82***
6.	Say hello to a newcomer	3.00	3.19 (1.45)	28%	.74***	.88***
7.	Reached out to an alcoholic/addict having a hard time	3.50	3.06 (1.50)	38%	.74***	.86***
8.	Shared personal story with an alcoholic/addict	3.00	2.88 (1.31)	31%	.75***	.90***
9.	Read program literature to an alcoholic/addicte	3.00	2.67 (1.33)	31%	.75***	.88***
10.	Encourage an alcoholic/addict to go to a meeting	4.00	3.90 (1.39)	19%	.75***	.91***
11.	Donated money to AA/NAc	4.00	3.84 (1.46)	25%	.77**	.60**
12.	Put away chairs after a meeting	4.00	4.00 (1.16)	9%	.77***	.75***
	SOS Total Score	15.00	14.34 (6.97)	--	.92***	.94**

^*p<.05

^**p<.01

^***p<.001

NOTES:

^aItems are rated as “never (1)”, “rarely (2)”, “sometimes (3)”, “often (4)”, or “always (5)”

^bService positions at meetings include: coffee maker, door greeter, chairperson, secretary, treasurer.

Service positions outside of meetings include: service delegate, public outreach organizer (i.e. jails, etc.), literature delegate.

^c12-Step programs are self supporting through members’ contributions at meetings or local service centers.

^dListening qualified as at least 10 minutes of uninterrupted listening

^eLiterature can be read at meetings (the promises, the steps, etc.) or directly when working with another alcoholic/addict.

^fLow = SOS items endorsed “never” or “rarely”

^gCronbach’s alpha (raw)

^hSpearman Rank-Order Correlation