Originally Posted by
MythOfSisyphus 
Ultimately it feels like I have free will. The only practical way to live is to live as though the choices we make are important.
Awesome statement. I think for me one of the AV justifications was how it wasn't a big deal to drink at that moment, just thenz or for that day, or weekendend or whatever. Some individual moments are really big, but even the small ones stack up building the direction of my life in a very big way. I guess I've always known that on an intellectual level, but maybe not really believed it, or maybe just discounted how powerful it really is. I'm starting to get it now I think and take this into account as I move through the decisions of the day.