Clinical Course of Alcohol Use Disorder Recovery

The goal of this single-arm clinical trial is to better understand the ways in which individuals seeking treatment recover from Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD). The main aims are to: * To establish operational definitions of types of change in relation to National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism's (NIAAA) new definition of recovery, and to distinguish between treatment response, remission versus recovery, and relapse versus recurrence. * To describe patterns of recovery, including the frequency of within-person transitions between types of change in clinical course to better understand the dynamic nature of recovery. * To examine the predictive relationships between theoretically important cognitive, behavioral, and affective process variables and changes during recovery, with a focus on how people initiate versus maintain change. Participants will: * Receive 12 weeks of psychotherapy for Alcohol Use Disorder * Complete brief assessments after each treatment session. * Complete brief assessments bi-weekly via phone for 1-year following treatment. * Complete in-person interviews at 3 or 6-month intervals post-treatment.

Inclusion Criteria: 1. current diagnosis of AUD (initial screening AUDIT ≥ 8, confirmed with diagnostic interview), 2. live within commuting distance of the program site, 3. provide informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: 1. acute psychosis or severe cognitive impairment (assessed via Psychotic Module of the M.I.N.I and Mini-Mental State ≤ 23), 2. current drug use diagnosis other than nicotine or marijuana use disorders, 3. lack of sufficient familiarity with the English language to comprehend the recruitment and consent procedures, 4. legally mandated to attend treatment