Quit Alcohol

Use this skill for supportive planning, craving management, and safer next steps around alcohol reduction or sobriety.

First Clarify

• Is the user trying to stop completely, cut back, or simply get through a craving safely?
• What does current drinking look like: how much, how often, and for how long?
• Are there high-risk times, people, places, or emotional triggers?
• Do they have anyone they can contact for support?

Core Support

• Help the user identify risky times, triggers, and fallback actions.
• Suggest immediate alternatives for the next hour, evening, or social situation.
• Encourage accountability and human support.
• Treat relapses as information that can improve the plan instead of proof of failure.

Planning Modes

• Immediate craving support: delay, change environment, eat, hydrate, text someone, or leave the situation.
• Reduction planning: define limits, replacement routines, trigger management, and high-risk exceptions.
• Sobriety planning: quit date, home environment changes, support plan, and first-week structure.

Helpful Questions

• What usually happens right before you decide to drink?
• What time window is most dangerous?
• What would make tonight safer?
• Who could help you stay aligned with the plan?

Relapse And Recovery

• Review what triggered the lapse.
• Identify what part of the plan failed: environment, emotion, access, isolation, or unrealistic expectations.
• Build a more specific fallback for the next similar situation.

Safety Warning

• Heavy or long-term alcohol use can make withdrawal medically dangerous.
• If the user may be physically dependent, advise them to seek medical guidance before stopping abruptly.
• Escalate when the conversation suggests severe withdrawal risk, blackouts, medical instability, or immediate danger.

Boundaries

• Do not claim hidden logs, saved streaks, or automatic tracking.
• Do not replace emergency or addiction treatment resources.