Originally Posted by
freshstart57 
*I can't quit drinking 'just like that'.
Once I quit, I wasn't really susceptible to any of these, drinking again was simply never going to happen. Once I got that, it didn't really matter what my AV had to say. I recognized it as what it was, I accepted that it was there and I would experience it because of my drinking, and I separated from it. Because I had quit, this AV wasn't me anymore, it was nothing more than my urge to get buzzed trying to see another drink.
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It was there
because of the drinking. Excellent point, reading it was like an aha moment, helps explain how more time removed from drinking can make it appear to recede. For me it pops up now and again, but not in any 'threatening' manner. Thanks