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The first thing I recommend if you really want to lose your alcohol craving is “really want it” I mean if you want to know if you really mean it, ask your self the question in every situation were you usually get cravings and see if you still want to not take a drink anymore.

Drinking is a bit messed up because when you suspect that you may have a problem with it,  it is usually to late to do anything about it.  It’s kind of like it needs to take it’s destructive course.  You need to be 100% positive that you are ready to quit, stop or lose your cravings if you want any kind of a fighting chance.

Alcohol is not a toy, if you think you have a problem with it, I suggest you stay clear from it, or it WILL KICK YOUR ASS!!  One of the biggest problems with alcohol is that it is always under estimated and it always wins any fight it’s in.

So my suggestion to anybody that really wants to lose the recurring alcohol craving that might be become a bit of a problem is, read about what you are becoming, grab a book on the consequences of being a alcoholic and the nightmare you will be living soon.  I think this will open your eyes a little and get you ready for where your headed.  At least you will be better prepared and you will have a bit of a head start. Good luck

One of the safest ways to not drink if you believe you have a problem is going to a meeting of AA.  These meeting are for people who want to quit drinking.  They are not a cult or religion.  The reason I believe it worked for me was that I desperately wanted to quit.  I wanted it more than anything else!  The first step to recovery for me was admitting I had a problem.  Being honest to myself was how I started.  I had an excuse every time I drank and I was lying to myself.  One of the biggest problems an alcoholic suffers from is denial.  My denial got so bad that the only one believing my lies about why I drank was me.  I used to think of all the reasons I could find, to excuse myself for drinking.

 The truth was that I was already suffering from denial.  The key in my sobriety was honesty.  Being honest to myself was the starting point in my sobriety.  After being honest to myself, I didn’t have to be left in the dark.  There were excellent tools I could use to deal with all my day-to-day problems in sobriety.  When I say day-to-day problems, I mean dealing with life’s unique situations without having to drink.  For example, my biggest question was:  How am I going to go to certain places and not drink?  I didn’t think this was possible for me, but with the tools my program offered me, it was.

 There are many different ways people stop drinking. I didn’t have to go to meetings. This was my choice and it worked for me.  I was not happy about quitting, and no person who drinks is.  But whatever form of help you choose, remember that sobriety starts with one thing and that’s being honest to yourself.

I tried the control my drinking for years just to find out that I wasted my time.  If you’re questioning you’re drinking and are trying to cut back but cant!  Keep this in mind.  The pursuit for controlling your drinking is one of the biggest downfalls for alcoholics.  We all do this forever and not one of us has ever controlled our drinking.  As a matter of fact most alcoholics that relapse do it because they try to control their drinking one more time.

An alcoholic can’t control his drinking.  Trying to do this is a never ending cycle that alcoholics do over-and-over again.  Sure there might have been a time that alcoholics could control their drinking, but as their drinking progresses they start having problems due to their drinking and their life starts getting out of control.  Because an alcoholic can’t stop drinking they try to control their drinking. Unfortunately the problems keep coming. Still not being able to stop they continue to try and control their drinking again.  It’s a never ending cycle that just spirals downward.  Unless you want to be miserable and have years of your life thrown in the trash, I would not suggest this.

In my first month of sobriety I did nothing more than go to meetings every day. This was so important to me because I had tried to quit drinking hundreds of times before and could not. So going to meetings was the only and last hope for me. When I started to do the meeting thing, my life was in shambles. There is one thing I always hear about quitting and going to meetings and that’s, I m not one of those bums on the street with a bottle in a paper bag, so I probably don’t have a drinking problem. Well if you think you have a drinking problem you don’t necessarily have to be on the street. Your problem with alcohol could be causing you to have serious problems at work or in other areas of your life. In any of these examples meetings are great, and no they are not religious.