Old 03-09-2015, 02:23 PM
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LBrain
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I don't hear voices - yet. But when my AV 'speaks' to me I listen. Then I reason for a minute. Then I dismiss it. My AV comes in the way of thinking. "It's such a nice evening, a cold would beer would be nice." Or a month or so ago, "I am so f#@%$g mad right now I just want to get drunk and say eff it!"
I've encountered both of those scenarios over the past year. My method is to acknowledge the thought. Isolate the thought. Then dismiss the thought.
Acknowledge -A, Isolate - I, Dismiss - D. A-I-D. It's my AID to staying sober.
Sometimes I will just think to myself, what a stupid idea. I make no big deal out of it.
Then I remind myself that I don't drink. Period. End of story.
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