Results
AUD
RECURRENCE
We randomly allocated the 55 participants into the control (n = 27) and experimental (n = 28) groups. However, 20 participants dropped out due to recurrence of alcohol use. Finally, 15 and 20 participants from the control and experimental groups, respectively, completed the study. With the exception of dropouts, all participants proceeded as they were in their initially assigned group. The average age of the samples analyzed for the control and the experimental groups was 46.9 years (SD = 11.7161) and 40.7 years (SD = 8.8858), respectively. The alcohol dependence screening test revealed that most participants were at an advanced AUD stage, with 34.3% and 85.8% scoring above 30.1 and 11, respectively (