Figure 1. Rates of Remission, Recurrence, and New Onsets of Alcohol Abuse/Dependence among Borderline Patients over Ten Years of Prospective Follow-up.
Note: Since a recurrence can only occur after a remission, there is no possibility of a recurrence occurring at the 2-year follow up. Even though recurrences are displayed in this figure at the 4, 6, 8, and 10-year follow-up periods, these recurrences are actually occurring 2, 4, 6, and 8 years after the remission.