when I got into recovery through AA, I didn't have a problem with the cravings, compulsion, or obsession at 1st. I was too dam miserable.
but it didn't take long and it started happening. 2 great things helped me:
I knew that a drink was no longer gonna help anything.
them people in AA helped me see that as longs as I wanted it and was willing to go to any length to get sober, the cravings,compulsion, and obsession would disappear.
the 1st day I made it 24 hours without even thinkin about having a drink was a freedom I had never experienced and left me wanting more!! it felt great!!!