10.2190/W3BX-9CUJ-9PGL-HW43 W3BX9CUJ9PGLHW43 135 FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE POSTTREATMENT ATTENDANCE IN ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: THEORY AND METHODS TO INFORM PROVIDER REFERRALS 135 153 20040416 20040416 20040416 20040416 W3BX9CUJ9PGLHW43.pdf http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=W3BX9CUJ9PGLHW43 2 RICHARD N. CLOUD University of Louisville Substance abuse researchers are reporting that weekly posttreatment twelve-step (TS) meeting attendance predicts substantially superior drinking outcomes. Unfortunately, research has consistently observed a high rate of posttreatment AA attrition and underutilization. The primary aims of this analysis are to advance theory of TS affiliation and to test the feasibility of identifying patients who are at risk for posttreatment AA disaffiliation. The analysis uses Project MATCH data consisting of subjects who were assigned to the twelve-step facilitative treatment condition (N = 582). 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