Item | N | % |
---|---|---|
Agencies currently offering moderate drinking goals (n = 40 agencies) | 38 | 95.0 |
Agencies that considered offering moderate drinking goals | 1 | 2.5 |
Considered it, but decided against it because (n = 2 respondents) | Â | Â |
   staff resistance | 1 | 50.0 |
   Other | 1 | 50.0 |
For agencies not offering moderate drinking goals (n = 5 respondents) | Â | Â |
Intra-agency obstacles | Â | Â |
   not appropriate for their clients | 2 | 40.0 |
   staff resistance | 1 | 20.0 |
   Other | 1 | 20.0 |
Extra-agency obstacles | Â | Â |
   community resistance/opposition | 1 | 20.0 |
   Other | 1 | 20.0 |
   None | 1 | 20.0 |
Expected benefits of offering moderate drinking goals | Â | Â |
   some clients find it more appealing than abstinence goals | 1 | 20.0 |
   None | 1 | 20.0 |
For agencies that offer moderate drinking goals (n = 62 respondents) | Â | Â |
Reasons for introducing it | Â | Â |
   its appropriate for some clients | 24 | 38.7 |
   abstinence is an unrealistic goal for some clients | 11 | 17.7 |
   client demand | 25 | 40.3 |
   empirical evidence supports it | 9 | 14.5 |
   political pressure from outside the agency | 1 | 1.8 |
   harm reduction | 7 | 11.3 |
   Don't know | 4 | 6.5 |
   Other | 30 | 48.4 |
Resistance encountered | Â | Â |
   a) none | 27 | 43.5 |
   b) from the staff | 7 | 11.3 |
   c) from the Board | 5 | 8.1 |
   d) from the general community | 11 | 17.7 |
   e) from the AA community | 13 | 21.0 |
   f) from other addiction agencies | 13 | 21.0 |
   g) don't know | 1 | 1.6 |
   h) other | 6 | 9.7 |
How was it dealt with? (n = 35) | Â | Â |
   a) ignored it | 3 | 8.6 |
   b) gave people time to accept it | 7 | 20.0 |
   c) through education/information | 20 | 57.1 |
   d) ran an active PR campaign | 1 | 2.9 |
   e) don't know | 1 | 2.9 |
   f) other | 13 | 37.1 |