Topspin,
If you want to really drive a stake through the Beast, think about this. If addictive desire is not you, but the Beast, then you can decide that you are also perfectly happy to never drink again. It is the Beast that feels deprived and unhappy, not you.
That would be good for you, and bad for the Beast.
If it helps, you can think of it as payback for trying to ruin your life. :-)