Stereotypes regarding regulation of emotions typical for addiction

Alcohol becomes the primary source of pleasure; the attractiveness and availability of other sources decrease.
Pleasure increasingly comes from alleviating pain, and the experiences related to the bio-psycho-social effects of drinking become the main type of pain to be alleviated.
Mental resistance to unpleasant states decreases, and the fear of suffering becomes stronger than the fear of the negative effects of drinking.
Alcohol is the basic means of alleviating pain, so it becomes indispensable because it allows for a reduction in suffering and creates a hope for obtaining temporary pleasurable states.
The prospect of abstinence is not supported in the sphere of feelings, subjective beliefs are becoming stronger: drinking is necessary, the break in drinking must end.
More and more emotional states are locked between the extremes: suffering - relief, anxiety - calmness, lower mood - arousal.