How does finding women work in Muslim countries where alcohol is banned?
How do armies work in Muslim countries where alcohol is banned?
How does the production of wooden beams work in Muslim countries where alcohol is banned?
;-)
They don’t
Alcoholic recovery programs mostly don’t work anywhere anyway.
It’s interesting that for nicotine there are drugs that increase the recovery success by an order of magnitude, but for alcohol telling you not to do it is the best people can do.
Topiramate reduces alcohol cravings
I was prescribed anxiolytics (some form of benzos I believe) to help ; worked remarkably well in keeping me calm while going through withdrawal. It’s not that easy tho, since they in turn are addictive.
That’s because it’s basically alcohol in a pill.