This has been a great thread, I thank everyone for their input.
I should like to make clear that I haven't had a craving for some years now, but in early sobriety the urge to drink was strong in the first month or so, after that it got easier, and as I say, I don't even think about drinking now.
Once I was detoxed physically, the physical cravings left me, and after that my program taught me to deal with the emotional and mental urges. My brain fog began to clear and then I could put my effort into embracing my program of choice.
I cannot imagine a recovery where one is hanging on by one's finger nails every single day, it would be hellish.
I have seen many people living that way in all the programs out there.
We must make a commitment to our sobriety, to nurture it, so it will grow and thrive, and then we will do the same.
Congrats to Sugar on his upcoming one year mark!
Seren