Joan Mathews Larson's book Seven Weeks to Sobriety has really helped me understand and deal with this issue. She rights about several types of alcohol abuse, and ties one category to hypoglycemia and sugar/carb binges. She recomends supliments like amino acids and L-glutamine (much of the same stuff that Atkins recomends). Like so many of us, I've been successful low carbing, and when I do (and take the suppliments), I have absolutely no alcohol cravings. When I lie to myself and think that I can go several days eating too many carbs, then the cravings (and weight) come back.

BTW, it is day 5 of induction, and things are good so far. Also day 6 of no alcohol. I think I felt a bit more room in my clothes this morning!