Table 1.

Characteristics of the 9.1% of U.S. adults who endorsed they used to have a problem with drugs or alcohol, but no longer do (weighted percentages based off N = 2002).

Characteristics	weighted %	SE
Age
18-24	7.1	1.2
25-49	45.2	1.6
50-60	34.7	1.4
65+	13.0	0.8
Male	60.0	1.5
White non-Hispanic	61.4	1.6
Employed Currently	54.7	0.9
Homeless in Past 90 Days	0.9	0.4
Arrested Ever	51.0	1.6
Heterosexual or Straight	84.1	1.3
Clinical Characteristics
Years since problem resolution
0-5 years	34.5	1.6
5-15 years	35.2	1.5
15+ years	29.3	1.3
did not indicate	0.6	0.3
Abstinent from all substances currently	51.6	0.9
Number of problem substances lifetime	1.5	1.4
Age of onset regular weekly use	17.7	6.0
Primary substance
Alcohol primary substance	51.2	1.6
Cannabis	11.0	1.1
Cocaine (e.g., coke, crack, freebase)	10.0	0.9
Methamphetamine (crank, meth, crystal)	7.3	0.9
Opioids (e.g., heroin, unprescribed fentanyl, methadone)	5.3	0.8
Other	2.6	0.5
did not identify a problem substance	12.7	1.1
Ever received substance use disorder diagnosis	17.0	1.9
Ever received mental health diagnosis	36.0	1.3
Ever used treatment or recovery support services	53.9	1.6