There is medication that will take away the cravings as well as ones that will make you sick if you do drink.

You may try getting involved in after work activities such as volunteering or joining a gym.

Maybe staying busy will help curb the cravings.

If your not an alcoholic, then just quit drinking. Meetings are like everything else in life. You have to give them a chance, and be open and willing to listen. If your not an alcoholic, and don't want to go to meetings, then you can just quit by yourself, you are the only one that can answer that question. Good luck

From one heavy drinker to another..I prayed and prayed...and prayed some more..

"Please take this craving away, do with it what you wish, just please, take it from me"

This is the longest I have been sober in 5 years..and never happier..

Best wishes..Les

Camprol is for cravings but that only helps not drink. You also should be getting help with the attitudes and behaviors that went along with the life style. How do I Live life in lifes terms instead of mine.
Librium what I think your talking about is you to help in the withdrawal period and lessens the possibilty of seizure and death. You probably wont find a regular doc to do this. Go to a rehab. psych hospital or psychiatrist that specializes in addiction.

I am not an alcoholic but a heavy drinker that needs help to stop.

Ummm i hate to tell you this but there aint no difference.

I'm not aware of any medication to help you stop. I think you probably need to change your lifestyle. I know that is hard to do but it's the only way I know of. I hope you can make out alright.

I had read in the big book that a heavy drinker is not an alcoholic, but they may need help to stop. An alcoholic can't stop drinking once they start drinking. Is this not correct?

First step of AA
We admitted we were powerless over alcoholthat our lives had become unmanageable.
I don't much like the meetings I'm going to at the moment myself - I'm the only woman. In my mind any meeting is better than no group at all, have you tried a different group, somewhere you may feel you fit in better?

Hi Angie, I'm recovering from the same thing as you. Working during the day in a job I may not like (I haven't decided yet), and then going home and drinking because I'm bored, or feel like I'm having more fun after doing so, etc. I'm stopping for many reasons: I'm tired of feeling like crap in the morning, I'm tired of feeling like I need to use alcohol as a crutch, I'm very worried about the effects it has on my body, etc.

I am starting my recovery very slowly because I do want to be able to drink normally in the future. Whether you can do this is based on whether your addiction is physical or psychological. You should read up on this (I'm reading Beat the Booze and it's fantastic).

To stop I am doing very simple things. I don't stop at the shop on the way home if I have a craving. I avoid drinking venues, I try not to be anywhere where alcohol is present. It's difficult in the UK but its not impossible!

You need to think for yourself how important quitting is. It doesn't matter whether you're a heavy drinker or an alcoholic at this point, its all based on stopping surely, but slowly.

Good luck!

Oh and by the way, to get a hold of meds that reduce cravings you have to see your GP. Its not worth it. Your liver is already being overworked. Willpower will help the most. If you don't want to drink anymore, tell the portion of your brain that says you do to get lost!

For 3 years I traveled the same way home everyday from work. I had it calculated to have my first 6 pack done within 15 minutes so my BAC level would be below .08,(before the beer got into my bloodstream. Then I was safe, because I was in marion county(Indianapolis), and the rules were much more leniant. I moved there so my consequences could be payed off alot easier.
That would get me to Bob's store on stop 11, where i would pick me up a 6 pack of tall boys,(igotta free beer outta that deal).. That would get me primed to go out with my best friend to the bars, and that usually led to insanity.
Long story short,, you first have to accept there is a problem, admit it will continue to whoop your ass, and then be open-minded for solutions..
Myself I believe the medication for cravins, is just a crutch to try to find an easier softer way, to get sober. I cannot call one time that any medications have solved alcoholism.
Through the grace of the people of AA, that were HP powered, I am sober today.