Fiona,
can't recall because i am a student homeopathy and i spend literally hours going from thing to another not specifically for alcohol but for anything interesting... but then you come across threads on one or the other thing and i cut and paste just the context so as not to forget.

but either way you could initiate a request on google for alcohol+remedies.

i have had time to check out the mm for ledum palustre and it could have been written for the person i am thinking of... but still don't know which potency?! probably start with a 30C and work my way up if the picture still fits.

What I found helped on the cravings were obviously regular meal schedules and although they do say "never any alcohol again from day 1", i have found this to be unrealistic if you are trying to do it from home - and getting them to hospital is no mean deal because of the time of persuasion it takes - either way alcoholism is chronic we all know that, so i don't believe in the hospital miracle cures even if it did once only bring a 3 year relief.
So if they don't have a minimum per day, it won't work because they just out and buy it themselves!
What helped enormously was China Off MT 30-40 drops 2-3 times a day! I know, MT is alcohol too, and it may well bring happiness to our alcoholics because of the alcohol content, but then, they can hardly booze on 4 drops!
Careful though - the MT is very strong stuff, and they realize that, the first time i did that, i was stupid enough to leave the (only 30ml, thank goodness!) bottle next to him, and it was gone in a flash! Well I never made that mistake again, but either way, his craving had gone and the reaction was better than on whisky or beer! (more expensive though!) he!he!

Braveheart: Thanks for the remedies - i had a problem with strophantus though - he got severe stroke just three days after taking it twice a day - the homeo had given him that, and he complained of severe headache, by the end of day 3, he said it was unbearable, and during the nite there was severe stroke which the homeo got him out of with aconite and arnica - by the time we got him to the brain scan, there was nothing showing up any more. strophantus or not? probably never know, but i don't feel easy with it.

also there are remedies which make it taste awful - he agreed, it was disgusting, but he was still drinking it - in fact it made everything taste awful including the food - not very helpful.