Originally Posted by
Boudicca 
Is it strange or odd to have feelings of frustration while reading some threads/posts on SR? I am not sure why, but I am really starting to feel irritated by many of the posts I read.
Maybe it is because using AVRT has been so easy and simple for me. I truly feel liberated from alcohol and have not found it very difficult to remain abstinent because I have decided to NEVER drink again and NEVER change my mind. This technique is incredibly effective.
However it seems not all individuals approach it from this perspective. There seems to be quite a bit of whining, excuses and such from those using a different treatment model. Also the constant relapsing is disturbing.
Is it just me? Am I being insensitive? Is there something I am not getting here?
Boudicca,
Congratulations on this speedy and popular thread.
I think Soberlicious' post #6 here is a great response. I would only add that while you learn about the Addictive Voice expressed in other people, in Institutions, and in Societal "Norms", make sure to keep a creative vigilance against your own Addictive Voice. How might your own Beast try to use your "irritation" or your "insensitivity" or what is "disturbing" to you to get you to drink again. For me, I would actually attribute those very feelings and responses to my Beast and not to myself. "Hah!" I would say to IT. "YOU are irritated and disturbed at MY insensitivity!" "Why not cut those struggling people some slack? YOU ask?" "Hah! Because YOU want ME to cut YOU some slack. Right?"
I found that this type of the AV Recognition Technique directed onto my Beast helped generate greater comfort with the language and feeling of separation from my Beast. This, in turn, gave me general relaxation in dealing with AV forces outside myself. And, yes, AV forces generally rule addiction recovery methodologies in the "professional services" world (although they do not in the total recovery picture).
You say you "have not found it very difficult to remain abstinent". That's what you have "not found". What have you found? In other words. What have you Recognized about your AV?
I had been completely detached from engaging with addiction recovery for a long, long time. I re-engaged when I found AVRT being included here on SR a few years ago. My Beast had been long dead and buried, and it was amusing for me to Recognize occasional rhetoric from 6 feet under: a corpse suddenly speaking on the philosophy of moderation. LOL.
You'll get used to IT, and IT will fade away. You will probably also end up being unable to recall what the actual sensation felt like to be under the influence of alcohol! I have.