Thanks for all the responses ! Much appreciated, and great to read that alot of you are well on your way to being alcohol free. Turns out i caved the other day and had some beers, serious guilt with the first sip and then the obvious deep regret the day after. The reward signals in the brain were too strong. Maybe im just being weak, i have started excerise and trying a stint of vitamin c supplements as ive read it can reduce cravings (be interested to hear of some success stories on here) thanks again, will be trying harder this time!!