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Old 08-18-2012, 11:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Mizzuno View Post
When the voice of doubt comes in ( I have already experienced it) I know that it is and only me that will feed that doubt. Im very content in this.
This is in no way meant to imply that your Beast is "doing pushups in the parking lot", getting buff while you sit on a folding chair eating doughnuts, getting out of shape and weaker (whether in real life or in front of a computer), but just as you will inevitably re-organize around your new non-drinking/using mandate, so will your Beast re-organize in response to your Big Plan. The Beast is a survival drive, a living, feeling thing, and no living thing wants to die, so it has no choice but to do this. Expect a few curve-balls, knuckle-balls, and slider-balls from your Beast.

So, set your confidence for lifetime abstinence arbitrarily at 100%, and recognize all self-doubt as AV, as your Beast talking. Treat it as any other AV, and you'll do fine.
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