Oh yes, easier and easier, especially early on! There are ups and downs, life has ups and downs, but the general trend is, it gets much easier over time. The biggest tool in my shed, that I used the most, was, distract, distract, distract - when thoughts of, I want to drink, I'm not gonna make it, came up, my first response was, stop thinking about it and focus on something else until the urge and thoughts go away, because they always do.