title: Characteristics of alcoholics who drink socially after treatment.
abstract: This study is concerned with the differences among groups of alcoholics who became social drinkers, abstinent, or remained nonsocial drinkers after treatment. A total of 1091 alcoholics were studied. It appears as if those who become social drinkers are those who are less serious alcoholics with more social and other supports.
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009864:Ontario; D010551:Personality; D012919:Social Behavior