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How long cravings last in recovery and what to do about them

I've been sober for two years but I still think about drinking every day and wonder if this constant craving will ever go away.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The expectation that recovery should eliminate desire creates additional suffering around the natural persistence of conditioned mental patterns.

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