Hey bayliss, I'm at one year and I don't really think about drinking very often. Actually the only time I really think about it is when I'm on SR. I still have a lot of the same emotions that I had when I was drinking, I just don't think of going to booze to deal with those emotions anymore. I truly believe that your brain can be retrained.
For people that are 10 years into recovery, if they are constantly thinking about drinking I think maybe they ought to look into changing something about their program. IMO, part of getting sober is losing that fascination and obsession with drinking; that's the difference in my mind between sobriety and abstinence.