Post-hoc analyses were conducted in an attempt to better understand the differential abstinence rates among blacks and whites who did not attend AA. At the seven year follow-up, among those who did not attend any AA meetings in the past year, 70% of the blacks who were abstinent reported being religious (See Figure 4), as compared to 60% of the blacks who were not abstinent. Among those who did not attend any AA meetings, 32% of the whites who were abstinent were religious compared to 33% of the whites who were not abstinent. Similar results were found at the five year follow-up, the only other follow-up assessing religiosity (results not shown). Additionally, black participants who did not attend AA had fewer heavy or problem drinkers in their social networks at each of the time periods (Figure 5).
