ValThistle, congratulations on 30 days!
I get you, that pool time can be touchy.
I don't know if this helps but this is what I used to do. Instead of thinking of my AV as a sweet, nagging voice whispering in my ear and making me want to drink I gave it a different visual. I thought of it as a force that was trying to make me do something I really didn't want to do. In other words it was being really snarky and laughing that it was going to get me to do it. I visualized it as saying "You'll do it LadyBlue, I know you're weak, I'm stronger than you and watch, I can MAKE you do something you don't want to do". (insert evil laugh after the line)
Man did I have a fight with it then. I snarled back at it and told it to shut the h&% up and get away from me. I told it to stop interrupting my pool time. After a bit it realized it had been defeated and sulked off and I WON.
Sounds a little crazy I'm sure but hey, it worked for me.