Among individuals with chronic pain, the rate of hazardous alcohol use is elevated compared with the general population. Yet, hazardous drinkers with chronic pain remain an underserved group. There is a need to develop and test alternative and complementary interventions to reduce hazardous alcohol use among this high-risk segment of the general population. Targeting pain-related anxiety, a candidate mechanism, is one theoretically informed route.
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