I've been taking kratom for a few years for pain. I personally think it goes great with alcohol but it does help quite a few people quit drinking.

I don't have any cravings or withdrawal, besides a runny nose but a small number of people do have issues with kratom. From not having it work at all, addiction, hair loss, and very rarely some people's livers don't do well with kratom for some reason.

It's been a godsend for me, pain management has been problematic in my state even before the opioid crisis. Kratom is cheaper, easier, safer, and far more convenient than the hydrocodone I was once on. Although it's not perfect. Despite my best efforts to keep my tolerance down, and I did manage for years, it's effects have diminished.

Some people have good results with Naltrexone, it blocks the opioid receptors in the brain so drinking isn't pleasureable. The idea is you drink normally on the medication until you've trained yourself not to want to drink (extinction).

Baclofen is another one that's interested me, although it's a muscle relaxer, apparently high doses stop alcohol cravings. Not too many docs in the states know about this one yet, it's bigger in Europe.

And there's a few other drugs that can help too. Nothings perfect. At the end of the day you still gotta just not drink, it's going to suck but if you want to be sober then you endure and eventually, slowly, it starts to suck less.

I personally had to quit mostly for a year due to fatty liver. I still drink to ridiculous excess now but now I don't do that 24/7 and I don't go into withdrawal if I stop drinking anymore.

DTs are rare, only 3% of alcoholics experience them. People mean alcohol withdrawal, which can be nasty (and fatal) but isn't considered DTs. I'm not sure why, but that's what the experts say.