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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2015 Jan 13;0:109–117. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.12.036

Table 2.5.

Unusuala elements: endorsement by class membership.

12-step
Traditionalist
12-step
Enthusiast
Secular Self-
Reliant
Atypical

Elements Rating a % % % % %
Non-problematic alcohol or
drug use
Definitely 19 15 28 17 27
Somewhat 4 7 14 12 14
May 14 18 23 21 18
Does not 63 60 36 50 41
No use of tobacco Definitely 21 14 22 14 14
Somewhat 15 13 13 15 9
May 30 33 30 35 32
Does not 34 40 35 36 45
Religious in nature Definitely 13 9 2 4 5
Somewhat 13 17 6 13 5
May 38 41 45 47 28
Does not 35 33 47 37 62
Physical and mental in nature
and has nothing to do with
spirituality or religion
Definitely 10 4 44 13 34
Somewhat 10 14 33 25 15
May 37 44 18 37 26
Does not 43 38 5 3 25
a

This label was established in a prior analysis.

bDefinitely belongs in your definition of recovery, somewhat belongs in your definition of recovery, does not belong in your definition of recovery, but may belong in other people’s definition of recovery, or does not really belong in a definition of recovery.