alcohol dependence
"I have been drinking very heavily for the past seven years and about a liter to a half gallon a day for the past year. I have been to inpatient rehabs that have lasted from 30 to 90 days and always drank the day I got out. I have been in and out of AA, tried the 12 steps, and tried different sponsors. I could never put more than a week sober together. I finally got my doctor to prescribe it to me after asking many times and now I have 5 months sober. For me that is a miracle. I have never in my life felt better. I have no cravings and the strange thing is I don't remember what it felt like to drink so I feel pre alcoholic again. The thought of drinking just does not come across my mind anymore.  This is a well kept secret for a reason."