Originally Posted by RobbyRobot

Don't sweat the confusion. It's not personal. Forget about it and move on.

Addiction ambivalence in action explains the stop n' go of wanting to do it (drink) even when you don't. We often want our cake and eat it too in early sobriety / abstaining.

Making deals with your AV highlights you already have skills in recognising your AV. Awesome. Sharpen up those skills and you're then in a new position to be surgically precise in knowing your AV.

Recognition is the key skill. Everything else is yesterday news...