Our survey was fielded in Fall 2020, was available in English or Spanish, and included over-sampling of racial/ethnic minorities. We recruited adults with a resolved past alcohol problem who were currently abstinent or drinking below risk thresholds. Eligibility criteria included being age 18 or older and self-identifying as a person in recovery or with a resolved alcohol problem. Specifically, the eligibility screener asked “Did you used to have a problem with alcohol but no longer do? Some people describe this as being in recovery. Other people just say that they've taken care of, gotten over, or resolved a previous drinking problem: Yes or No.” Treatment or other services use was not required; nor was abstinence required, however, current drinkers were screened for hazardous drinking using the three-item AUDIT-C (Bush et al., 1998, Dawson et al., 2005). As hazardous drinking would be incompatible with the study’s focus on understanding successful recovery, potential participants with AUDIT-C scores above recognized thresholds (i.e., ≥4 for men; ≥3 for women) were excluded as they would constitute a contrasting population that had not achieved recovery. In
