Posted in the newcomer's forum a few pages up:
...some suggest that perhaps it [AVRT] is better suited for those at an earlier stage of alcohol addiction.
While it is true that some do suggest this, the assertion is incorrect. The structural model of addiction that AVRT uses presumes that the Beast, once born, may never go away, possibly lingering for decades. In other words, AVRT presumes that you are deeply addicted, at the end of your rope, and that you can't take any more. This might seem like a bad thing, that the Beast may never go away, but AVRT, like most learned skills, actually gets easier the more you use it.