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Seven hundred and ten (82%) of the 863 eligible methadone\u2010maintained patients within three urban addiction treatment clinics were screened. A World Health Organization protocol for a clinician\u2010delivered single BI to reduce alcohol consumption was delivered. The full AUDIT questionnaire was used at baseline (T1) to measure alcohol consumption and related harms; and in part as a screening tool to exclude those who may be alcohol\u2010dependent. AUDIT\u2010C was used at 3\u2003month follow up (T2) to assess any changes in alcohol consumption.<\/jats:italic><\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results.<\/jats:bold>  <jats:italic>One hundred and sixty (23% of overall sample screened) \u2018AUDIT\u2010positive\u2019 cases were identified at baseline screening with a mean total full AUDIT score of 13.5 (SD 6.7). There was a statistically significant reduction in AUDIT\u2010C scores from T1 (<\/jats:italic>\n          <jats:inline-graphic xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" xlink:href=\"graphic\/DAR_349_mu1.gif\" xlink:title=\"inline image\" \/>, <jats:italic>SD\u2003<\/jats:italic>=<jats:italic>\u20032.35) to T2 (<\/jats:italic><jats:inline-graphic xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" xlink:href=\"graphic\/DAR_349_mu2.gif\" xlink:title=\"inline image\" \/>, <jats:italic>SD\u2003<\/jats:italic>=<jats:italic>\u20032.66) for the BI group (<\/jats:italic>z<jats:italic>\u2003<\/jats:italic>=<jats:italic>\u2003\u22123.98,<\/jats:italic> P<jats:italic>\u2003&lt;\u20030.01). There was a statistically significant decrease in the proportion of men who were AUDIT\u2010positive from T1 to T2 (\u03c7<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\u2003<\/jats:italic>=<jats:italic>\u20038.25,<\/jats:italic> P<jats:italic>\u2003&lt;\u20030.003).<\/jats:italic><\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Discussion and Conclusions.<\/jats:bold>  <jats:italic>It is feasible for a range of clinicians to screen for problem alcohol use and deliver BI within community methadone clinics. Opiate\u2010dependent patients significantly reduced their alcohol consumption as a result of receiving a BI<\/jats:italic>. [Darker CD, Sweeney BP, El Hassan HO, Smyth BP, Ivers J\u2010HH, Barry JM. 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