Originally Posted by
pentuate 
It's not really optional like the tone here suggests is what I'm saying in addition to my other issues with the word "never".
The Big Plan is optional in the sense that you don't have to use AVRT if you don't want to, but you do need the Big Plan for AVRT to 'work' its magic.
Originally Posted by The Art of AVRT © by Jack Trimpey, Pg. 48
The Big Plan: A personal commitment to lifetime abstinence from alcohol and other hedonic durgs, starting right now. Without a Big Plan, there is no AVRT. A Big Plan goes like this, "I will never drink/use again."
By all means, though, feel free to try things your way instead if you think that will work out better for you. AVRT is just a description of the common thread of self-recovery from addiction, drawn from the experiences of a few thousand people. AVRT isn't addiction treatment, however, and unlike treatment, it can't be
done to anyone. You much choose it voluntarily.