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 I really need help to stop drinking 
 Switch to weed 
 +1 
 There is a plant called mucura that can help cleanse energy around drinking. (The root)

AA has been one of the best tools I’ve used as well. A lot of ppl have figured it out in there. Proof of work + osmosis of group. Haven’t had a drink in almost a decade. 

Try to replace with healthy habits. Over time will be able to get to root cause. Hardest in beginning. Sweet & salty snacks help. Like fruit. Take probiotics as well. Sometimes the gut is part of craving process. Keep going! 
 plus one for AA.

In my experience, it came back to a sugar imbalance. In the short term, replacing alcohol with sweets helped, but in the long term, I had to just quit ingesting refined sugars and sweet foods. 
 Go to fake drinks first, zero alchohol alternatives, then quit those a few months later. 
 #ticboom 
 What's the trigger? 

I used to drink frequently until the first time I went keto and was religious with it. I lost my cravings for all vices about a month or so in. When I went away from it, sugar cravings returned but the drinking never did. I think I've had one drink in the last year and it was last October. 
 drink wine  
 You got this.
 
 yeah, i know, but i'm out in the boonies in a place where portuguese is the first language... i gotta fix that but to do that i gotta move somewhere else i think

anyhow, it's happening... i have been able to push back the muscle weakness and cramping like 50% and that's just not enough i want more life