Old 10-08-2013, 01:29 PM
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MythOfSisyphus
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Originally Posted by freshstart57 View Post
Loud beast, quiet beast, meh. It really didn't matter anymore. My commitment to being sober in the present moment outweighed anything the voice could ever say.
I agree with Freshstart57, but I would modify it a little. The Beast isn't something to be accepted so much as something to be ignored. Like, oh sorry Beast...I forgot you were there.

I've been sober for one year now, and while the AV is pretty quiet it hasn't completely given up. In a way maybe that's a good thing. The Beast/AV is just your will to live, your lifeforce, that's somehow got its wires crossed. The goal is to channel all that Beast energy into something more useful and life affirming.

So far AVRT has worked well. After years of drinking three bottles of wine every night, literally 7 days a week 365 days a year, I had no withdrawals and have had minimal cravings.
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