Starvation - Hunger vs. Booze

Bear with me, this one is a bit long, but hopefully sparks some interest. I'm wondering whether anyone else has experienced "hunger" for alcohol, the same way people have for food.

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Has anyone heard of the Minnesota Starvation Experiment? Essentially, it was a study conducted to better understand human starvation, and the physical impacts towards the end of WWII. Much of what we know about how starvation shapes us physiologically is a result of these experiments. Listening to the experiences of those men was enlightening for many reasons, but one in particular I found fascinating was Lester Glick, highlighted in Malcom Gladwell's Revisionist History Podcast. Hearing the way he described hunger resonated very clearly with how I craved alcohol.

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I guess what I'm asking is, have others felt this? I think this is part of the indescribable part of addiction - the sheer despair surrounding alcohol in every way.

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Regardless, I thought it was an interesting parallel - I seem to unconsciously look for parallels for addiction, because I feel like it is so poorly understood by those who haven't experienced it.