Individuals who labor at maintaining sobriety learn and integrate complex information requiring efficient abilities in a number of mnemonic processes. These include the mental re-experiencing and reliving of craving and emotional and personal states of mind during drinking and abstinence periods. Re-experiencing through mentally reliving episodic drinking experiences include spatial contexts (e.g., at home, a favorite bar) and temporal contexts (e.g., alone, with my ‘drinking’ friends, when under job related stressful situations).
