Supporting Health Through Alcohol Reduction and Relationship Enhancement Together

• For inclusion, participants must be:

  1. at least 18 years of age;
  2. in a primary intimate relationship with one partner for at least 6 months;
  3. able to provide informed consent; and
  4. able to speak and read English.

For the couple to be eligible:

1. at least one member must report engaging in past 3-month unhealthy alcohol use (cisgender men: drinking >14 drinks a week or 5+ drinks in a day at least once a month; all other participants: drinking >7 drinks a week or 4+ drinks in a day at least once a month;
2. the second member of the couple must drink alcohol at least monthly.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Couples will be excluded if either participant within a dyad:

  • Reports a history of seizures or delirium tremens during alcohol withdrawal, which may make supervised alcohol detoxification necessary if the participant chooses to reduce drinking.
  • Endorses any item indicating severe physical or sexual intimate partner violence (IPV) by their current partner on the screening measure adapted from the Revised Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS2).
  • Reports feeling coerced into study participation or indicates that study participation could place them at risk of harm from their partner.