Originally Posted by
Mambamama 
*The cravings lasted 9 days. I really wanted to drink every afternoon at 4pm for the first 9 days. Then they stopped and the past 5 days have been great and I feel better than I have in YEARS.
Quoting myself here
To clarify, I looked at the calendar. First day without drinking was Saturday, July 12. Cravings continued for 12 days. Thursday, July 25 was my first day without (very intense, nearly unmanageable) cravings, and I haven't had really bad ones for the last five days.
I say that to reiterate what I said before. It may take more than 4 days to really understand WHY not drinking is better.