Thank you GerandTwine, for the link to the Tammy blog post.
The post is powerful and insightful and I particularly liked the closing line - 'I am Tammy and I have an AV, but it doesn't have me'.
Truthfully, after I suffered for decades in the vice-like grip of the AV, struggling and fighting with it, I am now, finally liberated and set free by AVRT, to choose what I do. I choose not to drink, ever again, never.
Flame, you can join us too.
I am Tatsy and I have an AV, but it doesn't have me.