Originally Posted by
Avra 
I think the reason I have failed to stop drinking is because I have mistaken the Beast's thoughts and desires as my own...
Now I realize that its not what I want at all. Its what IT wants. Failing and drinking happens because I make the mistake of thinking that its what I inherently want, of falling back into that incorrect way of thinking.
This is precisely what we do with AVRT. We recognize and separate out the thoughts and feelings that support drinking as not our own. Someone recently remarked that we do this to a ridiculous level with AVRT, but the general idea is this:
"The Beast wants me to drink, but I don't drink, and since the desire to drink is not me, but the Beast, not only do I not drink, but I don't even want to drink."