Hi guys! I'm new to this part of the forum but not to SR and I know that this time has to be the last time I quit. I've just been cruising around on here reading tonight and came across this thread for the first time. Though I have a lot more reading to do I think I can understand how it makes a lot of sense. At first I thought AVRT couldn't work for me as one of main reasons I drink is not for pleasure but to stop anxiety over a phobia I have. Then I read some more about one poster's experience of identifying his AV and realised that it applied to the thoughts I was having perfectly.
In my head it went something along the lines of 'but there's no point in saying you'll give up for ever because what happens the next time you panic and can't cope and a drink's the only thing that'll help?'
And low and behold - have discovered the alcoholic voice!