Originally Posted by
sammysmith 
I really hate the withdrawals I get and the cravings are awful. Maybe a GP would help. I don't know. I just know all this AA milarkay isn't for me. I'm an atheist. So I was hoping the GP might know of an alternative. But to be honest I'm slightly scared to speak to them :S
Well you wouldn't be the first to feel like that lol. The AA book has quite a few stories by people who felt as you did, and were still able to recover.
It also says to encourage you to follow your conscience and try whatever you think will work. But I'm fairly sure whatever it is will involve stopping drinking which may or may not involve those withdrawals you want to avoid. If your GP is honest, he will tell you there is still no medical cure for alcoholism, but he will be able to prescribe some pills to relieve some of the symptoms, and even a pill that will make you sick if you drink. But isn't that what alcohol does? Relieve symptoms and make you sick?