I've been to London and marveled at the availability of hard liquor in grocery stores. (You can only sell beer and wine in New York City grocers.) I was so taken by this that I had the urge/fantasy to buy a bottle, even though I didn't have cravings and would have given it away or thrown it away (I'm glad I didn't put that to the test); I just wanted to see if I could do it -- buy liquor in a grocery store. I doubt that people who are free from problems with alcohol have such fantasies.
For me, I've learned how to replace and improve my alcoholic thinking with an honest and healthy state of mind, but I've also learned that these old habits never completely die.
Reminds me of that old song, "Always Something There To Remind Me."