Originally Posted by
acg1983 
thanks for all your advise. As I say, I dont really crave alcohol, but I do think about it pretty much everyday, and often try and put myself in situations where I can have a drink, for example, suggesting going for a meal.
A lot of people misunderstand what is meant by craving. Thinking about alcohol everyday is part of what I would call the obsession of the mind. The craving comes after the first drink and is due to a difference in the way an alcoholics liver processes alcohol.it has been described as an allergy. It doesn't occur in normal drinkers. It's effect is that once we take that first drink, we cannot guarantee, every time, how much we will go on to drink.