Analogies are great for pointing out and focusing perspectives. Changing or adopting new perspectives can help tremendously.
The perspective I gained from using AVRT , let me see that prior to recognizing the Beast and separating from its voice, the 'difficulty' I associated with quitting was being generated by my Beast 'hearing' and repeating the bleetings of others' beasts.
Ideas like relapse is part of quitting, that staying sober requires meeting conditions x,y,z irrespective of picking up a drink, abstinence is a grueling hard fought 24/7/365 unending grind, that it could slip away without being conscious of it happening,, ect ect ,
All just beast talk , mine and those at large and my beast reinforcing those ideas. Shutting down mine is infinitely doable and leaves nothing but empathy for those whose beasts are still active and controlling.
Plus I've got a heightened badass radar now, and it's pinging all over the place in here
