Hi Kickit,
I went through CBT training in college and actually did some CBT therapy a few years. I found it useful, but not nearly enough to quit drinking. The bottom line for most programs is: don't drink. Psychoanalysis used to be an exception to this, but that's changing. CBT is somewhere in the middle, of course it also depends on your own goals and your therapist.
The techniques they use look good on paper, but I found them a little too difficult to actually carry out (stuff like keeping a craving journal, analyzing each thought, correcting basic assumptions). Problem is, a lot of people show up wanting to "control" their drinking, and that's easier said than done, although my therapist claimed he had succesfully "retrained" a certain number of patients to become social drinkers. I have my doubts.
So, yes, CBT gave me certain tools to cope and was somewhat useful but, for what it's worth, I found I needed to go a bit deeper which is why I prefer Jungian therapy.
Hope this helps
Matt
