Originally Posted by
Tatsy 
I read Newcomers thread posts and feel so sad, recognising their AV, at the same time recognising that they call it AV - but they're completely off the mark. Instead, being led by the ring in the nose to the drinking trough by IT, which they don't recognise as the actual AV, because they haven't studied AVRT.
It helps to remember that they don't necessarily have a clear working definition of the Addictive Voice. The "alcoholic voice" they speak of in the RGM is not quite the same thing as the AV of AVRT, which is clearly defined. The "alcoholic voice", insofar as it suggests more using, is certainly a subset of the Addictive Voice of AVRT, however.
How can they recognize something when they don't know what to look for? How are they going to know that "I can't drink", as jaynie04 pointed out, is the Addictive Voice itself, suggesting that if they
could drink, that they
would drink?
Remember also that one of the main functions of the Addictive Voice is to conceal its existence and true nature from its host and from others. You have the the machinery of AVRT at your disposal, and also the lengthy AVRT discussion threads.
This is a remarkable thread.