Thanks for the feedback everyone. My motive for trying to do this exercise was curiosity / efficiency more than anything. My take on it is that I already know what my AV is going to say when I cut through the form to the substance. It seems like an inefficient use of my mental 'bandwidth' to waste it listening to a random thought generator that always ends up leading to the same result (using). I don't see what additional information I would be able to obtain by allowing my AV to taint my consciousness if I was able to voluntarily prevent it from doing so. At least by distracting myself I am able to focus my attention on something I would rather be doing.