I think that I only physically craved alcohol when I was detoxing. I tapered off so I could minimize withdrawal symptoms. Once that was over, probably 3-7 days, I wasn’t physically addicted anymore and I my body didn’t physically crave alcohol.
The mind is powerful and it can make you feel all kinds of things. Maybe I was lucky as I really only had to deal with mental craving after detoxing and I could dismiss that as AV.