Drinking Moderation Training as a Contemporary Therapeutic Approach

SUMMARY Research on moderate dunking treatments, while remaining controversial in the Voiced States, has extended our knowledge regarding alcohol use disorders and raised important theoretical and practical issues to be addressed in future research. The present assessment of the current status of dunking moderation treatments focuses on two topics. The fits: concerns the viability of moderate drinking treatment approaches as a contemporary therapeutic strategy. The second topic is whether research on moderate drinking has helped or hindered progress in die treatment of alcohol problems. It is argued that moderate drinking techniques indeed are a viable treatment approach for some alcohol abusers and that research in this area has fostered progress in the treatment of alcohol problems. Some directions for future research are identified.