Old 06-25-2012, 07:57 AM
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No addictive voice?


"I don't have an addictive voice."

I read the above statement on another thread, from someone apparently not very familiar with AVRT. The Addictive Voice of AVRT is defined as "any thinking, imagery, or feeling that supports, or even suggests, the possibility that you might drink or use, ever." All addicted people have such thoughts or feelings.

Do you think that you need to do "X", "Y", or "Z" in order to not drink? That suggests that if you don't do "X", "Y", or "Z", that you might drink, so that is, by definition, your addictive voice. All conditions for abstinence are automatically conditions for using, and any desire for such conditions in order to abstain is AV.

Your desire for support, or any other special condition in order to abstain, conceals a plan to drink/use in the absence of those conditions.
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