Welcome Junoluna! I'm so glad you discovered the AVRT threads.
After years of trying other methods, I joined SR in February this year........and it wasn't until August that I noticed the Secular Connections forum . I discovered the AVRT threads and read and read......(I also bought the book, but from what other AVRTers have said, that isn't strictly necessary).
I made my Big Plan and practised AVRT, and thus was born the new me. I have liberated myself from addiction and found a freedom, which is so empowering, that it extends beyond 'just' (although it probably saved my life) stopping drinking.
As in, now that I possess the power to stop drinking, forever, after attempting (daily) for years...then I also have the power to apply myself to other self-improvement.
For me, it's a massive mind-set shift and whereas I feared pretty much everything when I was a drinker, I now possess a more fearless, positive approach whilst I rebuild my life.