got my Rational Recovery book in the mail yesterday and have read to page 108. so far relatively good -- I think too much space was spent in the first part retreading the same anti-AA stuff over and over, but I certainly think he has reason for it and he struck gold with AVRT. the chapter I just finished had the thesis "you drank for pleasure, nothing more" which is a beautifully simple idea and liberating to hear. it's much easier to imagine avoiding it when it's stripped down to its inner logic like that, without all of the rationalizations and obscurantism of the AV.