Ken!! I havent been on for a while but I am so very glad you are here and reading up on AVRT!
"I have full faith in your capacity to recover, even if you (or in this case, others) do not."
You are fully capable. You alone. Validation from others, while lovely at times, is never necessary...in recovery or life in general.
I hope you will continue reading and join the dicussion in the AVRT thread. There is nothing like freedom from addiction.