Dimensions of self-actualization and posttreatment alcohol use in fully and in partly recovered alcoholics.

Contacted 46 alcoholics 1 year upon discharge from a residential treatment program based primarily on transactional analysis. Twenty-five reported to be fully abstinent for the 1-year follow-up, and the other 21 reported that they were not drinking heavily. Correlational analysis of the relationship of reported alcohol use to responses on the Personal Orientation Inventory at the 1-year follow-up suggested that the abstinent persons had somewhat higher self-esteem and were slightly freer in expression of feelings.