TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1994//
TI  - Rates of attrition among the membership of Alcoholics Anonymous in Finland
JO  - Journal of studies on alcohol
A1  - Mäkelä, K.
SP  - 91
EP  - 95
VL  - 55
IS  - 1
N2  - Anniversary announcements published in the national AA newsletter are used to analyze membership turnover in Finnish AA. Of the total membership with at least 1 year of sobriety, close to 90% continue as sober members for another year. Of those having 1 year of sobriety, about two-thirds survive to the next year. The survival rate of members with between 2 and 5 years of sobriety is about 85%. Among members with more than 5 years of sobriety, the survival rate is above 90%. There are no gender differences in survival rates. The sober membership of AA represents between one-third and one-fifth of general population survey estimates of the number of abstaining former frequent drinkers with concerns about losing control over their drinking behavior.<p /> <p>Language: en</p> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0096-882X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -