Engaging with such arguments is horrible ,
the further you push off the table the option to drink , the more firmly you set against it , the more resolute you are , the swifter the argument ends .
This "chatter" is all caused by alcohol so the further you go into working a decent sobriety and your last drink the less it gets .
I never now ask myself if i shall have a drink or not , the question does not arise . once a question is answered to your satisfaction the question goes away .
I don't ask myself whats 2 + 2 and ruminate over the answer . I know , I know i don't drink , the question goes away if answered to my satisfaction .
The addicted part of you is dissatisfied with the answer , with sober time and effort, acceptance will happen and the question will go away .
Thats how it was for me , anyhow .
Bestwishes, m