Hi Lance.
Sounds to me that you're already doing well in terms of recovery. Like you I suffered quite badly from cravings but I did find urge-surfing helped a lot.
One of the things that I also learned from my aftercare group is that its absolutely fine to experience cravings - its normal even years into recovery. Its how you react that matters. I had long spells with no problems at all and suddenly the cravings were back for no obvious reason. Instead of facing the reality that I wanted a drink I would try anything to avoid even thinking about it. At meetings instead of opening up and sharing how I was feeling I would just say that things were fine. When I finally managed to tell the group how I was really feeling it was such a relief.
And if you can - try to go a bit easier on yourself - like everyone, you'll have good days and bad days. None of us are perfect
