Originally Posted by gwenny

Hi all--I have posted elsewhere a couple of times and been creeping the secular forum for a little while now, and am feeling more at home here. I have been reading a lot about AVRT and AVRT-like strategies and putting them into initial practice, particularly since I relapsed on Friday after all hell broke loose last week. That relapse frankly just pissed me off. It brought me to a point where I know that it's not me acting in such an idiotic and self-destructive way, and I felt really ready to empower my better self in this struggle, and all of that resonated to a significant extent with AVRT-type work.
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(I'm a mostly solitary drinker, in the style of more advanced alcoholics)