A total of 330 participants were stably remitted from year 1 through year 11; 354 relapsed into problem use. Those stably remitted were less likely to be non-problem users at 1 year (8%) than were those who relapsed (22%, p < .0001; see Table 2). Fewer of the stably remitted were employed at baseline (53%; 63% of relapsed, p = .0098), however more were over 50 years old (19% stably remitted, 7% of relapsed; p < .0001. Eighty-four percent of stably remitted reported abstinence goals compared to 73% of relapsed (p = .0003). Stably remitted individuals had lower average ASI drug problem severity scores (mean = 0.11, SD = 0.1; relapsed: mean = 0.12, SD = 0.1; p = .0330) and a higher average years of regular use of alcohol (mean = 11.2, SD = 9.8; relapsers: mean = 9.0, SD = 9.2; p = .0045). Those stably remitted had longer stays in index treatment (mean = 97.6 days, SD = 126.9) than those who relapsed (mean = 61.5 days, SD = 100.3) (p < .0001); they also had more 12-step meetings (40.6 and 26.7, respectively; p = .0002).
