Category: Sober living

Alcohol dependence has been shown to be genetically influenced and to run in families (Schuckit and Smith 1996). The disorder often develops when individuals are in either their twenties or thirties. Similarly, major anxiety disorders usually are apparent before age 30, and although major depressive disorders often have a later onset, they too are frequently…

Unfortunately, few quantitative, survey-based studies have included substance use during treatment as a potential reason for treatment noncompletion, representing a significant gap in this body of literature (for a review, see Brorson, Ajo Arnevik, Rand-Hendriksen, & Duckert, 2013). Additionally, no studies identified in this review compared reasons for not completing treatment between abstinence-focused and nonabstinence…