Throughout the 1990s, there was an increase in private insurance and decrease in coverage of alcohol-related services, which likely led to an overall decrease in utilization of alcohol-related services by those with AUD (Chartier et al., 2011; Chartier et al., 2016). Interestingly, these changes did not result in income or insurance coverage significantly predicting treatment utilization, as would be expected (Chartier et al., 2016). This is the system in which many individuals in generation X would have sought services. Current results showed that those in generation X were more likely to use services than baby boomers, indicating that they were able to effectively navigate the new insurance landscape. However, the specific services that they utilized did not differ widely from their older counterparts except for seeking help from clergy.
