Originally Posted by
GerandTwine 
I have yet to find anyone who can tell themselves a lie and not know they just told themselves a lie. So, people who say "I will never [something] again" and then do [something] again must have known they didn't mean it from the start. I know that's been the case for my mouthing "never"s in the past.
When I made my Booze Big Plan, I very deliberately removed my ability to even choose to drink or not to drink. Yes, I gave up, turned in, surrendered the capacity to voluntarily drink alcohol. But, far from being a defeat, doing that turned out to be an absolute conquest.
Indeed, it's the "I will never change my mind" part that is the stickler. I have been reading RR and haven't finished the book yet, but I am thinking quite a bit about the idea that the AV doesn't comprehend the idea of time. It can't understand NEVER, only NOW. I have to understand NEVER. Interesting stuff!