Open AccessVirtual Twelve Step Meeting Attendance During the COVID-19 Period: A Study of Members of Narcotics Anonymous
Author(s) -
Marc Galanter,
William L. White,
Brooke D. Hunter
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of addiction medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1935-3227
pISSN - 1932-0620
DOI - 10.1097/adm.0000000000000852
Subject(s) - attendance , medicine , face to face , abstinence , covid-19 , loneliness , family medicine , psychiatry , political science , philosophy , disease , epistemology , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law
Face-to-face meetings are key components of Twelve Step (TS) fellowships' support of members' abstinence. Home confinement during COVID-19 made this less feasible. Our objective was to ascertain whether a transition to virtual online meetings among TS members took place, and whether it was potentially effective.