Originally Posted by Saint Francis
My experience is that when something is forbidden, it causes even more wanting. For me, an occasional preplanned glass of wine is not failing. Just like allowing myself a pack of cigarettes once a year has stopped me from picking up the habit.
I am not forbidden from drinking, SF, it is a choice I have made. After weighing pros and cons, being sober is what I want. I don't want a drink, it is just so much AV. Separate from that want, is my suggestion. I am at the point in my AVRT where it would be wrong for me to have that glass of wine, not so much an issue of success or failure, just wrong.
I'm also a little fuzzy on how just a little smoking will stop you from, well, smoking. Like Robby says, that Big Plan is an essential part of AVRT.