2013). Unlike epidemiologic studies that use lower severity general population samples (Dawson, Goldstein, and Grant 2007), Kline-Simon and colleagues used higher severity treatment samples and still found that non-abstinent treatment outcomes are both attainable and beneficial. Furthermore, both low-risk drinking and abstinence six months after treatment were related to better 12-month psychiatric and family/social severity scores than was heavy drinking, though abstinence predicted the best scores (Kline-Simon et al. 2013).
