Since this isn't a medicual forum, I shall spare you the details of my miserable suffering. But there is the good news. My medical doc prescribed 10 mg of baclofen to be taken 4x/day. I had heard that baclofen has been useful for stopping the cravings for alcohol, but never once expected that it would have the same effect on my [strong] desire to b/p.

Nothing else in my miserable life has changed. It's not like I'm trying to abstain. I still go to the store to buy the binge food. But when I get there, I just can't see myself eating the food, so I leave.

FYI - Here's what I pulled from PubMed:

"Both preclinical and clinical research studies have shown the GABA(B) receptor agonist baclofen represents a promising treatment for alcohol dependence. Preliminary clinical studies indicate that baclofen is able to suppress withdrawal symptoms in alcohol-dependent patients affected by the alcohol withdrawal syndrome. Moreover, baclofen has shown efficacy and safety in promoting alcohol abstinence in alcohol dependent patients in two placebo-controlled trials including one in alcohol-dependent patients with liver cirrhosis. These trials also demonstrated that baclofen was associated with reductions in withdrawal-related anxiety and alcohol craving."