Trait Aggression and Hostility in Recovered Alcoholics
European Addiction Research 2007;13:89-93






There is a long-recognized association between alcohol consumption and aggressive behavior.

This study was designed to examine aggression in a group of socially well-adapted recovered alcoholics (RA). The question addressed was whether the treatment, together with long-term abstinence from alcohol, could reduce aggression and hostility in RA.

After a 3-year abstinence, subjects from the RA group displayed signs of hostility and covert aggression.

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