Originally Posted by
daredevil 
A brain habituated to alcohol has entrenched neuronal pathways compared to a never-addicted brain, so I think ‘staying sober,’ while the unmolested state, can prove difficult, at least for a while, until neuroplasticity works in undoing the entrenched neuronal pathways.
I think that’s true. But the neural pathways respond/react to the presence of alcohol .
The pathways do not override voluntary muscle controls , like all the actions required to purchase and consume alcohol.