Tim Bruening <tsbrueni@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote:
> What medications, if any, do you take to reduce your cravings for
> alcohol? I ask because the wife of a co-worker is severally alcoholic.
> She can't stay sober for more than a few days at a time, then drinks for
> many days. When she drinks, she turns violent, forcing her husband to
> move out. She is currently sober and relatively stable, and her husband
> ate dinner with her last night, but I would like to get her anti craving
> medicines before she drinks again and again alienates her husband!!!!!

That's for medical people to decide. In the meantime, she may have to go to
rehab. At minimum, she should begin going to AA meetings and her husband to
Alanon.

The catch: if she doesn't want help there is no way she's going to get it.
Trying to coax or make her do something about her drinking is a waste of
time.

Please feel free to ask more questions. And good luck.