DriGuy

Maybe, but you got a taste of what it's like not to be craving. For me, it was very liberating, and inspired me to keep fighting, and things started happening fast after I got my first taste of not wanting to drink. And the fighting cravings part went away altogether.

In getting over any addiction, I think this is the way it happens. You fight the cravings until they go away, and as long as you don't pick up, you don't have cravings (aren't addicted) anymore.

We add that you must do more in recovery, and I agree with that, but it's kind of a no brainer. Doing more, which to me is growing as a person, is something you should do regardless of your addiction. Granted many people don't actually grow in this way. They just get bigger in size. But all this extra work in recovery isn't some extra burden that only recovering alcoholics have to do because of previous addiction. It's just learning to do what healthy people have to learn to do.