I found this post interesting because my son who is 20 was just prescribed this. He was on Zoloft for 6 weeks and his therapist refered him to a new family doctor to get this in addition to the zoloft. I was told it was to be taken as needed so I am not sure. ANYWAY... The old family doctor my son was seeing knew of my son's alcohol problem. He put on the zoloft prescription - NO ALCOHOL. He knew how many times my son had passed out from drinking. So when my son wanted to switch family doctors I became worried. The therapist he is seeing for anxiety is the same one I was seeing for help in dealing with my alcoholic son so he knew also my son has a drinking issue. To make a long story short.... I stopped seeing the therapist when my son agreed to see him. (He doesn't know I was seeing him, I had recommened him) So I find it interesting that in 6 weeks on zoloft to my knowledge he did not drink beer. Then the exact night of the new doctor and the new buspirone pills the girlfriend brings him beer..... They hid it from me and I found the empty cans when he left for work that day... I am devastated. I am assuming he asked the new doctor if he can drink on this and I am assuming the doctor doesn't know his history. I am at a loss. I pray that he will not resort back to drinking a case of beer in one night- yes he would drink 24 cans and then want more. Praying that he felt a difference on Zoloft and doesn't want to go back down the drunk road again. He didn't treat his girlfriend good at all and I can't believe she gave into him and bought him booze. He gets verbally mean to her when he is drunk and she broke up with him at least 3 times already but he always manipulates her back into the picture. So he did drink alcohol and I didn't see any affect on him with the busprione.