Time to develop new coping mechanisms. Its challenging, I totally relate. My brain is habituated to request alcohol to cope because, well, that's what it knows. But like any muscle I have to train it to do what I want it to do (not that the brain is a muscle, bad analogy
). At first the muscle is sore, requests that I stop and do what I used to do. But after a while it builds strength and the new activity becomes normal. I'm so habituated to alcohol that my brain will even request alcohol when I'm simply thirsty, or hungry (the old HALT thing). Boredom is a killer for me. Give it time, keep replacing those cravings with another activity.