Originally Posted by
violetflame 
How do you guys control cravings.
I don't. But I also don't let them control me. It's just a feeling. I have plenty of feelings I don't act on. (For example, my boss is a giant d-bag and I feel like stabbing my keys into his eyeballs.)
A craving is an expression of the addiction. It isn't getting what it wants so it turns up the heat on you. It makes you feel stress and anxiety in order to compel you to do what it wants. I had to learn how to tell it "no". My addiction had to learn how to be disappointed.
Try to relax. It can't hurt you. Nothing bad will happen if you don't drink. It just feels a bit uncomfortable.
Hang in there. You can do this.
