Y'all are a wealth of knowledge for this relative newcomer and I appreciate your insights!
I didn't word that sentence about future assumptions correctly...to clarify, i was trying to say that any thought about drinking again, now or in the future ( which is where the IF comes in) is my AV, according to AVRT. Still can't quite get out what I mean...suffice it to say I know exactly what happens when I drink which is why I don't.
Robbyrobot...i like a lot of what you've said and it gives me a little different perspective, thanks. I'm curious, when you say that alcoholism is an illness are you saying it's a mental illness or physical illness or both?