i guess it depends on how strong the pull is to go drink. 5+ years sober I still have thoughts of drinking now and then but theres no like real pull behind it. Where as earlier in sobriety it was a fight to resist that thought. I'd say the ones i had earlier in sorbiety that "pull" that "fight" that i had to contend with was more of a crave. Where as now its just like thoughts but no realy pull or battle that comes along with them. that being said I dont really crave it anymore now. But i do sitll think about it once in a while.