Table 1 describes demographics, help-seeking and DSM-IV diagnoses: the WIR sample was more than half female (54%), with most clustered above the 21–35 age range. Half of the WIR sample had a college education or higher degree and 53% were married. In terms of help-seeking and problem severity, a full two-thirds had attended formal treatment and 95% had attended Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). Correspondingly, 98% had a lifetime DSM-IV alcohol dependence diagnosis, with an average symptom count of 6.3 (out of 7). Most current non-abstainers used alcohol only (61%), though more than one quarter (27%) of non-abstainers were using drugs only and about a tenth (11%) were using both alcohol and drugs.
