Also, it’s not uncommon for us to effectively fight the beast (birthday, dinner out, Xmas, bbq what have you) and get the craving later.
Usually it’s the next day, looks like your A.V. was a bit impatient.
Beer is a hard one because I said for a decade, “I’ll only drink beer” in fact that’s how it talked me into drinking after outpatient rehab.
Beer causes less issues than liquor of course, until your alcoholism progresses to the point that “it” gets frustrated with only beer and you find yourself dangerously driving completely drunk out of your mind to go get liquor 8 beers into your 12 pack. Scary stuff.