Hi faith, Yes the cravings go. Physical ones fairly quickly the obsession to use varies but for many of us within a few months. My experience has been that I needed support, I could not do it alone. I go to NA and it has saved my life and given me a new one. But I am believe there are many recovery paths and that they all have the same base things in common.
Here is a link to some of the recovey methods
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...formation.html
Posting here alsio really helped in early days, that was about the first two years.
Feel free to send me a private message if you have any questions
Kevin