Table 2.
Participant drug and alcohol use history data (N=154).
| Characteristics | Participants | ||
| Alcohol use disorder milestones, mean (SD) | |||
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Age of first drink | 14.6 (2.9) | |
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Age of regular drinking | 19.5 (6.5) | |
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Age at which drinking became problematic | 27.9 (9.6) | |
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Age of first quit attempt | 31.6 (10.4) | |
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Number of quit attempts | 9.1 (31.1) | |
| Lifetime history of treatment (can choose more than 1), n (%) | |||
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Long-term residential (>6 mo) | 8 (5.2) | |
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Short-term residential (<6 mo) | 51 (33.1) | |
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Outpatient | 77 (50) | |
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Individual counseling | 100 (64.9) | |
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Group counseling | 65 (42.2) | |
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Alcoholics anonymous or narcotics anonymous | 96 (62.3) | |
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Other | 41 (26.6) | |
| Received medication for alcohol use disorder, n (%) | |||
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Yes | 62 (40.3) | |
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No | 92 (59.7) | |
| DSM-5a alcohol use disorder symptom count, mean (SD) | 8.9 (1.9) | ||
| Lifetime drug use, n (%) | |||
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Tobacco products (eg, cigarettes, chewing tobacco, and cigars) | 122 (79.2) | |
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Cannabis (eg, marijuana, pot, grass, and hash) | 131 (85.1) | |
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Cocaine (eg, coke and crack) | 86 (55.8) | |
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Amphetamine type stimulants (eg, speed, diet pills, and ecstasy) | 81 (52.6) | |
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Inhalants (eg, nitrous, glue, petrol, and paint thinner) | 36 (23.4) | |
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Sedatives or sleeping pills (eg, Valium, Serepax, and Rohypnol) | 72 (46.8) | |
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Hallucinogens (eg, LSDb, acid, mushrooms, PCPc, and Special K) | 88 (57.1) | |
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Opioids (eg, heroin, morphine, methadone, and codeine) | 65 (42.2) | |
| Current drug used, n (%) | |||
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Tobacco products (eg, cigarettes, chewing tobacco, and cigars) | 84 (54.5) | |
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Cannabis (eg, marijuana, pot, grass, and hash) | 52 (33.8) | |
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Cocaine (eg, coke and crack) | 4 (2.6) | |
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Amphetamine type stimulants (eg, speed, diet pills, and ecstasy) | 11 (7.1) | |
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Sedatives or sleeping pills (eg, Valium, Serepax, and Rohypnol) | 24 (15.6) | |
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Hallucinogens (eg, LSD, acid, mushrooms, PCP, and Special K) | 9 (5.8) | |
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Opioids (eg, heroin, morphine, methadone, and codeine) | 9 (5.8) | |
aDSM-5: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition.
bLSD: lysergic acid diethylamide.
cPCP: phencyclidine.
dCurrent refers to the previous month’s drug use reported at follow-up visits 1 or 2.