I love this thought-provoking thread. If you guys have any links to really good AVRT threads or that free AVRT thing, I would appreciate it.
I have to say I found Alan Carr's stuff really annoying when I was quitting smoking.
I quit and failed many times and just kept plugging along. I used every trick in the book to quit smoking. The patch, drugs, gum, eating candy, chewing on straws, whatever it took. And I did make it. For ten years. But it took me six months of trying and failing to finally quit.
All the rigid people who said I had to quit cold turkey or it wasn't a "genuine" quit were full of it.
Do whatever it takes to quit drinking. Your way is the best way. The way you find yourself, the way that works.
Whatever that is.