Originally Posted by
Don S 
Act: learn and implement tools for dealing with urges, for coping with the factors that led us to drink or which made it difficult to stop.
Thank you, equus, for this succinct outline.
I deal with urges by telling myself I won't drink no matter what.
If its still there I eat or find something to keep my mind off the urge until it goes away. If its there because I'm overly anxious about something, I just try not to think about the stressful situation for a few minutes, until the craving goes away.
REPEAT
I know this might not work for people with extremely severe ongoing addiction problems, but its a good way to deal with cravings IMO