Originally Posted by
Last Call 
I am not getting this discussion I guess. I have only read through about 2/3 of the book, but I don't see RR trying to create any long term associations/dependencies. In fact what I read seems to indicate that once your thinking is "right" you become a normal person that doesn't drink. At that point you no longer need the book or anything else to stay sober. What am I missing?
I believe the practice of reminding your beast of what it wants is to avoid falling complacent. When you get to the point that you can easily recognize and control the AV, it gets easy so to speak, like second nature. So by tempting your beast you can remind yourself how to exercise the control you already have over your AV so that it can't bite you in the ass when your not attentive to it.