If you have the time and money, sipandsuffer'ing slowly down will prevent your development of kindling.

I just completed my second sip and suffer guide and both times yes, it was boring and suffering filled, but also, both times on the final night I did not experience any night time death sweats and heart palpitations like I used to get when going cold turkey like a fool. So, if you can use the discipline when you're getting off a bender and do a sip and suffer, your brain will thank you for slowly downregulating properly.