Originally Posted by
SoberKnitter 
Okay, there's the rub. Yeah, I don't know what an alcoholic illness is, and if I thought I had it, I wouldn't embrace it. Perhaps accept it, but not embrace it.
There's no requirement, sure, but doesn't holding such conflicting beliefs cause cognitive dissonance?
Hmm.
Cognitive dissonance refers to a situation involving conflicting attitudes, beliefs or behaviors. This produces a feeling of discomfort leading to an alteration in one of the attitudes, beliefs or behaviors to reduce the discomfort and restore balance etc.
If your meaning is inline with the above definition, then I'm not experiencing discomfort, and certainly I'm not lead to alter myself so as to accommodate both AVRT and AA.
My AA beliefs have no remarkable opinion, if you will, on my AVRT results. My practice of AVRT absolutely treats my embracement of my alcoholic illness as pure Addictive Voice, as is totally expected when using AVRT.
Other then that distinction, no problemo.
