Applekat I haven't been in recovery for even a year yet and the last time I drank was 2 months ago so I consider myself pretty new. I'm like babs. I have times where I want to drink so bad and other times I forget about it. In fact, my urges seem to come in a week long series of waves. Like one day I'll have a really hard day because of my cravings and when I get over that the next day will actually be worse. If I don't give in they go back to, what I consider normal, which is very short non intense cravings a few times a day.