Donepezil and Cognitive Training for Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD)

Inclusion criteria:

1. Males and females 18-80 years of age

2. Fluency in English and a 6th grade or higher reading level

3. Meets the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) criteria fora current alcohol use disorder (subjects should have a primary alcohol use disorder [AUD] diagnosis, but may have concurrent occasional use of other substances)

4. Last alcohol use and at least one heavy drinking day within the past 30 days

5. Willingness to attend follow-up assessments at 13 weeks

6. Willingness to submit to Urine Toxicology screenings

Exclusion criteria:

1. Lifetime diagnosis of a psychotic disorder, not induced by drug use

2. Current treatment with opioids or benzodiazepines, which may affect new learning

3. Involvement in a legal case that may lead to incarceration during the study period

4. Residential plans that would interfere with participation

5. Medical illness that may significantly compromise cognition (e.g., Parkinson's,Alzheimer's, Huntington's chorea, moderate or greater TBI)

6. An uncorrected sensory impairment (hearing or sight) that would seriously interferewith cognitive training

7. Pre-morbid intelligence quotient (IQ) estimate below 70

8. Unstable housing or lack of commitment to staying within a geographic area thatwould make follow-up unlikely

9. Unwillingness to provide contact information of someone who can help study staffcontact the subjects in the event that study staff are unable to maintain contactdirectly

10. Allergy to donepezil

11. Unstable cardiovascular disease or unstable medical condition-clinically determinedby a physician

12. Imminent suicidal or homicidal risk

13. Pregnant or nursing women, positive pregnancy test, or inadequate birth controlmethods in women of childbearing potential