I had an ACE experience, more of an epiphany.
I discovered the AVRT online crash course in a desperate moment and it worked, I did it, I kept doing it, I burned the bright coloured words into my brain, willing this to work, I don't know how long I sat, feeling my life in the balance:alcoholic mess vs learning what this meant.
Finally the perseverance paid off and somewhere in my brain the bright colours converged on the ACE effect, my epiphany. I got it.
I made myself learn how to make my BP and stubborn enough to rote learn it too, like lines in my journal. I found the words that worked for me and finally I had a firework display of such pure truth that I had a profound spiritual experience.
I made my BP, stuck by it and learnt more about AVRT by lurking at SR, I found the thread by TU, read it all, I bought he book, read it and am still learning today. I just come to 'chill out' here, maybe offer some hope and definitely feel more hopeful from being connected to people who 'get me' - even if it's just a part of me.
I belong here.