Originally Posted by
MidnightBlue 
I've re-red my previous post now and wonder - why the GT's post hit such a raw nerve on me? Where's AV and where's me in this rant?
Your AV is concerned about the power in the "black and white" characterization. It needs to keep the door open for future relapses.
Your umbrage at GT's post is the part of you that uses AVRT to punish yourself, rather than as a recovery tool. It's more comfortable punishing a bad Midnight, than seeing a good Midnight achieve her goals, and so sides with your AV.
Both are motivated by survival: the AV biological, the sub-personality, social.
AVRT is a good tool to use with the AV, but useless against the sub-personality who is harder, but in a way much easier to deal with because, while she (or he) is more formidable in getting what she wants, she is also amenable to reason, love, kindness, and is herself capable of compassion. You can get her on your side, IOW, whereas your survival drives are hard-wired to want what they want.