What It’s Like to Give In to a Craving

(And how to prevent it.)

This essay originally appeared in the Exploring Sobriety newsletter.

Photo by Viktor Bystrov on Unsplash

In last week’s newsletter (“Why Is It So Hard to Quit Drinking?”), I wrote about what it feels like to have a craving for alcohol. This week is something of a follow-up, in which my goal is to describe what it’s like to give in to those cravings.