Hello and welcome. You’re in a good place to gather information about getting sober. It is work to accomplish it but the payoff is great. Each person has a different painful period to endure. Usually the strong desires last but a few minutes and passes.
Drinking a lot of water in what was your normal drinking hours helps along with eating/drinking sweet items to replace the sugar the drinking supplied.
I was for too long undisciplined and wanted to do things my way which didn’t work for several years. I don’t suffer well so finally surrendered to the fact that I could not drink in safety and needed to accept help from people who had traveled my painful path. It resulted in work and doing things I didn’t want to do but years later I’m very glad I did. It’s good to be comfortable in my own skin most of the time.
BE WELL