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Amanda | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +4 
 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!
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mleku | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 yeah, in the process of the development of this problem my kidneys have taken a lot of damage, and are now at a point where i was in chronic dehydration and potassium deficiency

my life is unbearable now without drinking like 3L of water a day and about a teaspoon each of potassium chloride and sea salt

if i wasn't taking all these diuretics i wouldn't be getting the cramps, my kidneys would recover, and probably i'd also be able to function better in general because the potassium problem completely destroyed my muscle strength

i always used to have quite intense endurance for walking (like, at times 50km/day) and only about 2 years ago stopped being able to touch my toes

i need all that back, really badly

so, probably the good habits are reading the bible and doing exercise and taking long walks
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Kanzan | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 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.