Gender differences in lifetime and current use of online support for recovery from alcohol use disorder.

Background: Digital recovery support services (D-RSS) use technology to engage individuals seeking recovery from alcohol use disorder (AUD). Given sparse data on use of these emergent services as well as longstanding and stark gender disparities in use of traditional alcohol treatment services, we sought to quantify lifetime and current D-RSS use and to test associations with several recovery outcomes, with particular attention to gender differences.

Methods: We analyzed data obtained in fall 2020 in a national survey of adults with a resolved alcohol problem (n = 1487).