Originally Posted by
freethinking 
If you could recommend 1 book on AVRT or RR for a beginner, what would it be?
AVRT is described in detailed in the following book:
"Rational Recovery: The New Cure for Substance Addiction" by Jack Trimpey
Originally Posted by
freethinking Also, once you separate yourself from "The Beast" or addictive thoughts and recognize them/it as such....do you then replace the thought with something else? Or is simply recognizing it enough?
Recognizing it and objectifying it as "not you" is enough, usually. Logically, anything that you can recognize and identify is "not you," since you are the observer and not the observed. I will send you some links on AVRT via Private Message which should give you an idea of how it works, though.