“…10 This section includes articles on long-term clinical in-person care (McKay, 2021), 13 pharmacology (Mason and Heyser, 2021), 14 and the growing array of community-based recovery support services, such as mutual help organizations (Zemore, Gilbert, Pinedo, et al, 2021), 15 as well as recovery housing, recovery coaching, recovery supports in education, and recovery community centers (Jason, Salomon-Amend, Guerrero, et al, 2021). 16 Demographic and clinical factors that have been shown to affect initiation and trajectories of recovery and related change are featured in depth with specific focus on sex (Holzhauer, Cucciare, and Epstein, 2020), 17 age (Finch, Jurinsky, and Anderson, 2020), 18 and race and ethnicity (Wagner and Baldwin, 2020). 19 In sum, during the past 50 years since the birth of NIAAA, and strongly influenced by the voluminous research it has generated, the field has witnessed a number of evolutionary paradigm shifts in understanding and approach that have informed how best to address the endemic problems associated with alcohol misuse and AUD.…”