J. Stauffer

Actually, the study was conducted at various universities and VA hospitals
around the country (U of Houston being one) but was centered at Yale.

The primary investigator in Houston was Carlo DiClemente who was interested
in stages of change. The study took people coming out of inpatient
treatment for alcohol addictions and looked at how successful they were for
staying sober. People were either sent to 12 step programs and had that
reinforced by weekly visits with 12 step counselors....or were simply given
results of medical tests indicating what alcohol was/is doing to their
bodies at weekly visits with medical counselors....or had individual
cognitive behavioral therapy sessions on a weekly basis.

What was discovered is that it didn't matter what aftercare treatment the
person had (12 step, medical or therapy) or the severity of the alcohol
addiction, the success rate was about the same across those variables. What
mattered was where the person was in their process of change.

The process of change consisted of several stages starting with
contemplation, moving through investigating options, and ending with taking
steps to make change. It was found that the source of change appears to be
internal rather than caused by outside forces, such as treatment.

Julie S.
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From: <marbleface@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2003 3:19 PM
Subject: Re: [UnschoolingDiscussion] Digest Number 4304


> There's a lesson in here somewhere. :)
>
> I deleted too quickly and don't remember who mentioned it -- but >
> Seems like that study might be linked to this business of what motivates
> people to be early or late -- maybe.
>
> Nance
>
>
> In a message dated 12/26/2003 6:53:09 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> [email protected] writes:
> Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 12:46:29 -0800
> From: "Robyn Coburn" <dezigna@...>
> Subject: RE: Radical v Regular
>
> It was the appalling idea of letting down the entire school if I was not
> there. The "insurmountable misadventures" (fantastic phrase!) just
> evaporated. I actually became so anxious to be on time, that I was
generally
> extra early. I guess there had never been a reason I cared about to just
be
> on time to deadly dull but compulsory assembly each day.
>
> Robyn L. Coburn
>
>
>
> <<That's interesting. So what was it in the new arrangement that got you
> there
> on time? Suddenly you were able to plan ahead, or whatever was required,
to
> overcome the previously insurmountable misadventures. How come?>>
>
>
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