To me the most powerful practice in RR is that commitment. Engaging with the AV is a close second. But even then, I think we eventually need to move beyond a reliance on RR (or SMART or AA or...) and, like GerandTwine said, become a "common teetotaller."
SMART Recovery's final stage of change is actually exiting out. We firmly believe most people do not need a program forever. Once our addictions have stabilized and we've learned how to apply the tools its time to move on.
As to the original post, I actually did have someone fool me into drinking a small cup of an alcoholic beverage a year ago. It was my neighbor, she also went to AA, and I simply went home as soon as she informed me it had alcohol in it. I didn't go into intense cravings, or want to go out and get passed out drunk. What I get was angry.