Originally Posted by
m1k3 
...I stopped at the grocery store, did my shopping and didn't even look at the scotch. By the time I got home it was all over.
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Beast must be getting desperate.
Rendered a quadriplegic by your Big Plan, IT is very desparate. IT would love for you to believe it's dangerous to "look at the scotch", especially if IT gets you to go out of your way to avoid looking at it.
Check out the last paragraph on p. 203 in RR:TNC. It's about "shifting" back and forth from the Beast's view of the booze to Your view of the booze.