Originally Posted by
MythOfSisyphus 
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.
OK, I'll use AVRT on this paragraph.
"...nearly 8 months without a drink under my belt [is] just the result of having the tools to understand my choices and why I make them..."
This procedure appeases the Beast because IT senses that not drinking is an ongoing choice process based on various conditions that IT will influence down the road in order to get out of jail early by trying to convince you that everything is lining up for you to have just a few little drinkypoos.
For myself, "my abstinence is the result of my AVRT Big Plan which is the tool by which I eliminated my ever having to make a choice about drinking again. After these many years I don't even care why I made it, but I know I did, and I'm totally comfortable with not having to dwell on whys and why nots about choosing to drink.