Internet-based, continuously available Narcotics Anonymous meetings: a new resource for access to Twelve Step support for abstinence

Figures & data

Table 1. Results of independent samples t-tests comparing respondents who attended more 24/7 meetings to respondents who attended more face-to-face meetings.

	24/7 (n = 308)		F-to-F (n = 115)
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	t	p	Cohen’s d
Comfort at meeting	2.61	1.38	1.70	1.42	5.98	<.001	0.65
Convenience of meeting	3.71	0.77	3.19	1.10	4.63	<.001	0.59
Feeling Distressed	1.91	1.30	1.95	1.32	−0.32	.752	−0.03
Relief of Distress	2.93	1.09	2.57	1.23	2.80	.006	0.32
24/7 promotes abstinence	3.57	0.89	3.00	1.08	5.07	<.001	0.61
FF promotes abstinence	2.73	1.51	3.48	0.83	−6.38	<.001	−0.55
Age	46.67	12.03	41.25	12.70	4.06	<.001	0.44
Last drug use	5.65	8.89	3.67	6.59	2.49	.013	0.24
Social Anxiety	1.85	1.21	1.78	1.23	0.47	.636	0.05
Worked Any Steps	1.11	0.75	0.97	0.77	1.75	.081	0.19
Drug craving	2.50	3.30	2.89	3.45	−1.06	.29	−0.12

Table 2. Results of independent samples t-tests comparing respondents who perceived 24/7 to be more supportive of their abstinence to respondents who perceived face-to-face to be more supportive of their abstinence.

	24/7 (n = 164)		F-to-F (n = 86)
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	t	p	Cohen’s d
Comfort at meeting	3.34	0.99	1.48	1.33	11.48	<.001	1.67
Convenience of meeting	3.86	0.54	2.93	1.24	6.608	<.001	1.09
Feeling Distressed	2.34	1.25	2.07	1.24	1.606	.110	0.21
Relief of Distress	2.98	0.95	2.21	1.13	5.41	<.001	0.76
24/7 meetings last month	20.05	23.45	5.86	10.69	6.44	<.001	0.71
FF meetings last month	1.29	3.92	8.10	8.44	−7.09	<.001	−1.16
Age	45.32	12.22	41.58	13.01	2.249	.025	0.30
Last drug use	2.98	5.16	4.28	7.47	−1.447	.150	−0.22
Social anxiety	2.30	1.12	1.70	1.13	4.005	<.001	0.53
Worked Any Steps	0.87	0.73	0.99	0.77	−1.233	.219	−0.16
Drug craving	3.52	3.81	3.48	3.76	0.094	.925	0.01

Table 3. Results of independent samples t-tests comparing current drug users and non-users.

	Using (n = 42)		Not Using (n = 488)
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	t	p	Hedge’s g
24/7 meetings last month	4.93	8.69	15.87	20.33	−6.71	<.001	−0.56
FF meetings last month	1.10	2.42	4.72	7.99	−6.98	<.001	−0.47
24/7 promotes abstinence	2.68	1.46	3.35	1.06	−2.87	.006	−0.61
FF promotes abstinence	2.25	1.45	2.87	1.42	−2.65	.008	−0.44
Comfort at meeting	2.31	1.46	2.38	1.45	−0.20	.839	−0.05
Convenience of meeting	3.52	0.92	3.55	0.90	−0.28	.779	−0.03
Worked Any Steps	0.64	0.76	1.03	0.77	−3.13	.002	−0.50
Has sponsored others	0.45	2.48	2.78	8.91	−4.20	<.001	−0.27
Drug craving	6.43	3.53	2.70	3.48	6.66	<.001	1.07
Social anxiety	2.29	1.18	1.88	1.23	2.09	.037	0.34
Feeling Distressed	2.90	1.18	1.96	1.31	4.49	<.001	0.72
12-Step Belief Scale	3.27	0.96	3.64	0.67	−2.41	.020	−0.52