Thank you GerandTwine, once again for your clarification and advice.
I too haven't found the need to 'shift' as yet. I'm totally averse to drinking and since my detachment from the AV; together with compartmentalisation of its thoughts, images and associated physiological sensations (anxiousness, depression etc.) I've found it easy to dismiss them as my Beast's attempts to persuade me to resume drinking.
To reach this point however, wasn't easy. It's taken years of reading almost every addiction related book, viewing almost every video and so on; none of which worked when I applied the methods illustrated.
I'm still in awe that AVRT has actually worked. I have found the key to unlock the cell door of the prison of my addiction.
I suppose it took the gift of desperation, in order to suspend my reservations. Together with the examples of AVRT believers on SR, who had what I wanted. Sobriety, without strings, conditions or contingents.