Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the baseline study sample (n = 154)

Characteristic	Participants
Age, years: mean (SD)	44.2 (9.4)
Race, Caucasian: n (%)	118 (100%)
Gender, male: n (%)	88 (75%)
Education, years: mean (SD)	12.6 (3.4)
Employment status, unemployed: n (%)	73 (62%)
Marital status, unmarried: n (%)	67 (57%)
Tangible support (MOS-SSS) score: mean (SD)	16.9 (5.2)
Lifetime alcohol severity, MAST score: mean (SD)	35.6 (9.0)
Psychiatric severity (GSI) score: mean (SD)	49.8 (12.0)
Drinking days past 90 days: mean (SD)	23.5 (26.9)
Drinks per drinking day: mean (SD)	18.3 (11.6)
Other drug use past 28 days, yes: n (%)	18 (19%)
Court-ordered treatment: n (%)	11 (10%)
Level of care, residential: n (%)	87 (74%)
Ever attended an AA meeting, yes: n (%)	100 (86%)
AA meetings, lifetime number: mean (SD)	52.3 (147.4)
Spiritual awakening since participation in AA: n (%)	50 (42%)

SD = standard deviation; MOS-SSS = Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Scale; MAST = Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test; GSI = Global Severity Index; AA = Alcoholics Anonymous