Originally Posted by trachemys
Are these options to consider or a slippery place? Just curious what the more experienced AVRT practitioners thought
.Well, I am not an experienced practitioner of anything, but I can tell you what the book says. If you are asking about the AVRT perspective, in AVRT there are no such things as slippery places. If you aren't going to drink again, how can there be a slippery place? From p. 158:
You can relax about such slippery places because there aren't any situations where you will magically lose control. You are always on duty within your own thoughts, and you will always recognize that alcohol is a very significant substance in your life. You will always know that you never drink-under any circumstances.
Originally Posted by trachemys
I am no where NEAR far enough along to even consider it. May never be. Just the IDEA of the taste of wine woke IT up.
Indeed NA beer or wine could wake IT up. Have you read the section on "shifting"? It doesn't matter if IT wakes up, IT cannot drink without YOUR consent, right?
All that said, I don't drink stuff that tastes like sh*t. I do however drink out of pretty glasses, because they are pretty, and I like pretty. Bling bling.
I have also done faux celebratory shots on occasion, and find it rather endearing that my friends include me with a special grapefruit juice shot. That could no more make me drink than could drinking coca cola...after all I did mix that with rum daily, should I avoid it now?
If I am allergic to eggs and I eat "egg beaters" instead, does that mean I am going to purchase and consume a carton of jumbo grade As like a madwoman?
I guess your question could be best addressed by asking another question. What's your plan for future use of alcohol?