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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Those with more serious forms of alcoholism could especially benefit from cognitive behavioral therapy. This will allow the patient to work through the roadblocks that drinking present in their lives, such as through specific therapeutic exercises. Examples could include drawing the connection between much of his or her personal history related to drinking. Clients will learn how to better deal with triggers which could arouse the desire to drink, such as being offered alcohol at a celebratory gathering. There are a number of adult functions where drinking is encouraged and perhaps even expected to some degree. The former drinker will need to learn how to be assertive and stand ground in such situations. The alcoholic can learn new and more positive hobbies to occupy their time.