Service to Others in Sobriety (SOS)

Figures & data

TABLE 1 Service to Others in Sobriety (SOS) Item Responses: Frequency, Internal Consistency, and Stability

SOS Item ^a	Frequency			Internal consistency ^g	Test-retest reliability ^h
	Median	M (SD)	% Low ^f
1. Took calls or spent time with a sponsee	1.00	2.03 (1.36)	66%	.76***	.88***
2. Guided an alcoholic/addict through the 12-Steps	1.50	2.06 (1.19)	59%	.76***	.84***
3. Held a service position in a 12-Step program ^b	2.00	2.56 (1.70)	53%	.75***	.96***
4. Say something positive to an alcoholic/addict	4.00	3.56 (1.54)	25%	.74***	.91***
5. Listened to an alcoholic/addict ^d	4.00	3.22 (1.43)	28%	.75***	.82***
6. Say hello to a newcomer	3.00	3.19 (1.45)	28%	.74***	.88***
7. Reached out to an alcoholic/addict having a hard time	3.50	3.06 (1.50)	38%	.74***	.86***
8. Shared personal story with an alcoholic/addict	3.00	2.88 (1.31)	31%	.75***	.90***
9. Read program literature to an alcoholic/addict ^e	3.00	2.67 (1.33)	31%	.75***	.88***
10. Encourage an alcoholic/addict to go to a meeting	4.00	3.90 (1.39)	19%	.75***	.91***
11. Donated money to AA/NA ^c	4.00	3.84 (1.46)	25%	.77**	.60**
12. Put away chairs after a meeting	4.00	4.00 (1.16)	9%	.77***	.75***
SOS Total Score	15.00	14.34 (6.97)	—	.92***	.94**

TABLE 2 Service to Others in Sobriety (SOS) Scores in Comparison to PSB and HSNS Scores

Measure	Total M (SD)	SOS Total score Spearman r	Confidence limits 95% confidence interval
PSB Subscale: Other-Oriented Empathy	72.25 (2.40)	0.62***	0.35, 0.80
PSB Subscale: Helpfulness	23.96 (4.54)	0.33 ^#	−0.03, 0.60
HNSM Total Score	29.97 (4.54)	−0.60***	−0.79, −0.32
Length of Time Sober	21.58 (14.73)	0.40**	0.22, 0.64
Note. PSB = Prosocial Personality Battery; HSNS = Hypersensitivity Narcissism Scale.

FIGURE 1 Receiver-operator characteristics curve of Service to Others in Sobriety scores versus Alcoholics Anonymous Involvement report of AA-related healing. Note. AUC = Area under the curve.