Originally Posted by
AlericB 
Thanks Tatsy. In the spirit of AVRT, I must remind myself that the trembling I feel as I read about the Kennel Club training is not my anxiety but my puppy's who's reading this over my shoulder.
That is sooo funny.
My dogs loved dog training lessons, because I plied them with treats, to ensure they performed. I used that principle to try to stop drinking, before discovering AVRT. The impetus was outside myself. If we move to the city, then I'll stop drinking, only I didn't. If we move back to the countryside, then I'll stop drinking, only I didn't. If I have another pet, then. I'll stop drinking.....ad infinitum.
Last year, I became desperate to stop drinking, I was rapidly fading and the intake increasing. I upped the stakes and said, if I have a horse, then I'll stop drinking. My husband stared at me and said, you've got it the wrong way around, you have to stop drinking inside yourself, nothing outside can stop you. I didn't realise it then, but how right he was.