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Originally Posted by JayDeeZee
But "putting the plug, in the jug" is only half the battle for an alcoholic. They also have a mind that won't let them be happy. Alcoholics for some reason, have lost the power of choice. Their perception of their problems and struggles seem impossible to solve. They often tend to give up and drink again.
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What's being discovered is that for most alcoholics, it's not an issue of psychology (ie their perceptions or this or that), it's an issue of brain chemistry. Specifically, an imbalance in the GABA system. That's why Baclofen - a GABA-b agonist - has been so successful.