Does the desire to use mood altering substances ever stop for addict in recover?

I have had the ups and downs of addiction for about 14 yrs now and yes I have relapses. I really need a way to successfully get more than a year of straight life. I have made all the efforts of ridding my life of people with this behavior, however I myself become obsessed with the desire over and over. Third time around a free from subtance life Im 11 months into it and Im weak with the felling that my body needs something anything to medicate my mood.