I read Carr too, and found it helpful to me as well. It made it easier to separate from the Alcoholic Voice by examining the lies that it tells us and illustrating the hard reality.
It was helpful, but it only goes so far with AVRT. The hardliners here will say that the Big Plan excludes ever drinking again, no matter what. For example, what if Carr were wrong and alcohol did relax you after all, if it did taste good, if it made you more sociable, etc.? What then?
The Big Plan sez that you will never drink again, no matter what, even if Carr's book is not worth its paper and ink. AVRT works that way, because there is that little voice again that will argue all of these points, and getting into that sort of a discussion with the AV is a mugs game. AVRT says that your AV can dispute Carr all it wants, but you won't engage, you don't need to engage. All because of your Big Plan.
There is an AVRT flowchart around here somewhere that shows this 'computer program', and it is something like:
1)Never drink again
2)But the AV sez blah blah blah
3)Go to 1.