When using AVRT in my early sobriety, the analogy of the "beast" was very instrumental in helping me compartmentalize positive thoughts about alcohol use. And I often directed rather violent imagery toward the beast in order to end my addiction, which it seems exists or feels like it is still present even after having had the last drink. For me , the "beast rumblings" quieted , but didn't disappear entirely. It seems I entered a stage where the analogy ran more like a favorite literary scene of mine " ...we're alone here. Why don't you tell me what you think of me? In any words you wish. No one will hear us."
"But I don't think of you"