Originally Posted by
Augie 
Originally Posted by
Terminally Unique There is no way to eliminate the desire to drink, but the idea is to consider it ego-alien, not you, thereby neutralizing it. I previously mentioned this line of thinking here:
Addictive desire is not me I'll take issue with this, speaking only for myself. Can't entirely tell you why I've had no craving whatsoever to drink or drug since cleaning up 8 months ago, but the fact is I haven't.
I figured someone would, since one of the most vexing forms of the Addictive Voice is the idea that it is good if we do not have the desire to drink or use. It implies that one had better hope to continue to not have a desire to drink/use,
or else. It is a classic Beast set-up, and you can bet the Beast will chime in when the desire inevitably returns someday.
In AVRT, it is neither good nor bad to desire to drink or use.
Viewed through the lens of AVRT, these are the relevant questions for you:
Is it good or bad that you haven't had a desire to drink or drug?
What if you did have the desire to drink or drug?
What if the desire came back? What then?
Would you drink/use again?