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Therapists’ Recommendations of Abstinence or Controlled Drinking as Treatment Goals; Significance of Alcoholics’ Sex, Social Class and Pretreatment Drinking Behavior

David V. Perkins, W. Miles Cox, Leon H. Levy

SUMMARY. Controlled drinking was more strongly recommended for alcoholics of higher social class, especially women, and for alcoholics with longer histories of controlled drinking, especially men.