There are medications you can take before drinking that inhibit the reward circuitry of the brain so you learn to stop the habits that make you drink when you'd

There are medications you can take before drinking that inhibit the reward circuitry of the brain so you learn to stop the habits that make you drink when you'd rather not in hindsight. This article from The Atlantic from a few years ago describes some of them while comparing them to the effectiveness of Alcoholics Anonymous: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/04/the-irrationality-of-alcoholics-anonymous/386255/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/04/the-irr... If this sounds interesting to you, I'd talk to your doctor about exploring the use of these or similar compounds.