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- mikotondria30
Just stop doing it, your interest in it will pass.
The bad thing about the body and mind system is that it's a slave to habits.
The good thing about the body and mind system is that it's a slave to habits - creating new habits is hard and awkward, and feels uninstinctive.
It gets harder before it gets easier - any habit change, smoking, eating junk, drinking booze - just when it feels like it's not getting any easier is when the real changes are happening. As soon as it starts to feel slightly easier doing the new thing (not smoking or drinking in situations where you formally would have), then you're 90% of the way there. Eventually that part of your mind that was prompting you to seem mesolimbic reward by drinking booze gets used to not being listened to and shuts up.
It'll be hard, then harder, then still as hard, then slightly easier, then you'll not think about it.
Glad you've got a simple, good chance to do something positive for your health, best of luck :)