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AprilMay1895 I read on this forum Terminally Unique's levels of the beast's anxiety when making "I will not drink until..." statements. 1-5 were incrementally painful but 6 made me feel like I could breathe again. I am sick of the battle of wills between me and my addiction, I just want it gone for good.
Number six is the Abstinence Commitment Effect (ACE). You know what you need to do. Take the crash course link I sent you, and then read the book, preferably when not hungover. Since you have been exposed to other recovery paradigms, read the book in order, and do not skip the first 90 pages of the book, which are essentially de-programming from beliefs that may interfere with AVRT.