Desire and craving ratings vary significantly for moderate to heavy alcohol consumers: Differences in behavioral ratings and brain network topology.
Hope PetersonL J VeachS L SimpsonJ FanningP J LaurientiL GauvinPublished in: Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research (2023)
Overall, these results demonstrate that the difference between ratings of craving for alcohol and desire for alcohol are not trivial. These different ratings and their association with alcohol consumption or abstinence experiences may have significant biological and clinical implications.