Hi all,
I've been around for a while- still trying to kick this thing. Read up on AVRT and it makes a lot of sense to me. I feel like I've made progress already in recognizing even some of the pre-pre drinking thoughts as BEASTLY ...
Such as, "... I want this to be my last day but I'm just not as strong as other people who have quit this thing ..."
That's the BEAST! The AV!
And it's TRUE- that JUST RECOGNIZING that totally changed my thinking ...
Up until now I haven't even challenged those thoughts. I had thought of the AV as the more obvious, right before you drink ones ...
Even though I maybe haven't hit a "rock bottom"(although I feared for my life in the middle of the nite when my heart was beating out of my chest ...), I've had a hard time up until now giving up the nightly wine habit.
Thanks for listening
Izzy