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The answer to the title of your post.
I tried every codie trick in the book, nothing worked. Have yet to meet anyone that can make that claim.
We speak of being 'powerless' over alcohol in AA, that also extends to being powerless over alcohol in another. He isn't choosing alcohol over you, as a practicing alcoholic, the alcoholism is making the choices for him. He has lost the power of choice.