Originally Posted by
failedtaper 
Wait a minute, wait a minute! You mean, drinking is irrational? Seemed pretty damned rational to me while I was doing it!
FT is correct here. Addiction is not an irrational belief, because the Beast equates abstinence with death. The Beast is therefore acting both rationally and morally by chasing the buzz, which IT believes is necessary for survival itself. To the Beast, drinking or using is
always right,
always rational, and never a matter of moral judgement.
Originally Posted by
failedtaper In reality, it is illogical to QUIT drinking, from the perspective of how we FEEL about it, which is really where the decision to drink comes from. Urges to drink don't come from our rational brain, so why try to fight it at that level? Quitting drinking feels BAD. It is illogical to make oneself feel bad.
FT is Correct again. While logic plays some part in formulating the Big Plan of AVRT, it is mostly arrived at through intuition, and is effectively experienced as a leap of faith.