It may just depend on a person's physiological make-up and how destructive their addiction was. I don't miss beer or alcohol (Lucky, lucky, lucky!) so the AF beverages are just an expensive alternative to diet Pepsi for me, but I think they could be fine or maybe even helpful to some people. I used to drink kombucha ( It's not cheap) for my colitis, but thought it was nasty and I stopped wasting money on that after learning it has a small amount of alcohol in it. My addiction was pretty bad and I see no point in poking a sleeping bear. 😜