Originally Posted by
soberlicious 
Yes, the Buddhists use similar language. Not "I am sad", but "sadness is passing through", or "sadness is visiting me", etc I think it's similar in the way that AVRT addresses the pronoun situation to create separation. Not I, but It. You don't want a drink, It does. It is simply visiting, passing through...like an annoying acquaintance trying to chat you up. It has no power over You.
Buddhists say that trying to push undesirable emotions or thoughts or desires away...actively fighting them, that creates a connection with them. When you disengage, there is no connection. "Fighting" the beast by either trying to reason with the AV or force it to go away, creates the engagement and connection that the Beast wants. It gets you involved in a match that it may eventually win, since It has successfully gotten You there on the court with It. If you never even set foot on the court, it cannot beat You.
Another way SMART is similar to AVRT. Word substitution. We are not sad. From there I can find help me to change my mood through simple things through simple word substitutions that remove the feeling from who I am. So instead of "I am sad" I'll word it as "My feeling is sadness." That alone removes the association from who I am to what I feel, and we have control over our feelings. For example, when I feel sad I can alter my mood by listening to upbeat Queen songs with the powerful vocals, drums and baselines .If it is something extremely sad I can cry and then get that feeling out. Again, I am doing an action to complete the circle of the feeling and I am not the feeling
As for my AV, I have name it "Mr Wishful Thinking." Mr because when we use that term in English it symbolizes a relationship somewhat distant and Wishful Thinking symbolizes my recognition that my AV is exactly what I call it, something that wants me to give in but in actuality wants me to do something I know isn't in my best interest.
Its a good thing I talk to my dog already or everyone would think I was nuts spouting off a term like that out loud.
Being able to tell it off gives me a lot of power.
http://www.smartrecovery.org/resourc...Vocabulary.pdf