I think some of this misses the forest for the trees. The point of AVRT (as I understand it) is realizing that you have agency; you're not simply "diseased" and doomed to be a drunk. The point is that you choose to drink and you choose not to. All is choice.
Having learned to recognize my AV, I have nearly 8 months without a drink under my belt. This isn't really a "trick", it's just the result of having the tools to understand my choices and why I make them.
If I drink today it's because I chose to. Would that be a "failure" of my big plan? The plan is just a collection of words. My plan to not drink can't really fail, although I can fail to follow it.
I can understand the urge to tinker around with the wording but I think the more important thing to do is to figure out how to make your big plan and avoid deviating when the Beast Voice gets loud.