Originally Posted by
UofI2008 
I really like this. Did this to my beast the other day. It's amazing what you can do if you apply these principles even when the beast is pretty quite and not strong in his attempts. I could walk into a liquor store and not have a problem now. I don't drink, ever. Period. No questions, I just don't.
You seem to be making very good progress,
UoI. Believe it or not, eventually, you won't have to do much of this at all — it will become second nature, almost reflexive. It may seem from some of my posts that I still talk in my head all the time, but I actually have to put some effort into 'remembering' what it used to feel like in the beginning when responding on here. These days, when the AV pops up, I usually just think
'Beast' and the AV falls silent. Instant detachment.