Originally Posted by
sengsara 
My own issue stems from the fact that I just can't allow myself to do something I don't believe as rational, and yet I recognize, based on past attempts, that I can't seem to beat my alcoholism by simply asserting my will.
I can easily identify addictive reasoning and impulses, but I still give right into them...
Sengsara,
AVRT is fundamentally what would be referred to in psychology as a dissociative technique. Once you identify the addictive voice, you separate from it. It might take a couple tries to get the hang of it, but once you do, it is very powerful, in that it subjectively feels like you no longer have to assert "your" will. It is a sort of semantics racket, but if you can get used to it, it does not feel like "fighting" an urge - there is no "white knuckling" against cravings.
I will send you some relevant links on AVRT via Private Message shortly.