Originally Posted by
StevenSlate Drinkers who don't know they've consumed alcohol do not proceed to crave more....
Steven, this is not correct in a general sense, though I'm sure it's true for *some* drinkers. I experienced it first-hand, about a month after I quit drinking, when I inadvertently tasted (just a taste) some champagne-based oyster dip and was served up with an instant strong and inexplicable craving. I experienced it again, much worse, about 6 months after I quit drinking, when I inadvertently sniffed (just sniffed) some alcohol-based hand santizer, and was served up with the mother of all cravings that left me utterly shaken. All I could think about, for maybe 5 seconds, was the urge to go buy a bottle of booze and get drunk.
Surely you do not deny these experiences, which many of us have had? But how can that objective reality be reconciled with the claim above, that suggests that cravings don't exist if you don't know what you're drinking/tasting/sniffing?