I've found switching every other drink for an Non-alcholic beer is working quite well. They're pretty tasty these days, and your hands are still busy with a drink.
For what it’s worth, this might be good advice for drinkers, but I don’t think it’s good advice for alcoholics (but again, please seek professional advice).
Sorry for the rant, but this is exactly the sort of almost-helpful comment that leads people to roll their eyes at appealing to the experts.
You cannot “life-hack” an addiction in this fashion. I mean, you’re welcome to - but I don’t think it will really help. Delaying the inevitable and all that.
> Are you assuming the GP is extremely impressionable to the point they implement the advise of internet comments without any critical thinking whatsoever?
I think that people with addiction often seek out advice that matches or re-affirms their priors and reduces cognitive dissonance they may be feeling, yeah. Just from personal experience with loved ones.