Originally Posted by
AlericB 
Hi Tatsy,
Good to see you again
I agree and, as we know, AVRT is a distillation of the common wisdom of the self-recovered, the person on the street. I can't imagine many people having anything like the esoteric thoughts above. Most people would know as a matter of common sense that they can always change their mind if they want to but won't because they enjoy their new, better life too much.
I'd go a step a further and say that not only is it a distillation of the "wisdom of the 'self-recovered' ", but the recognition of the fact of self-recovery.
Notwithstanding any rituals, sloganeering, psycho-self healing, quitting is what happens and only happens when YOU decide to Quit.
Metaphysicians have been exploring the mechanics of desire, especially eastern thinkers, for eons. Addiction happens to be a very nasty 'strain', but the age old common human sense of avoiding causes of deleterious effects can be brought to bear even if the cause is from 'within'.
A renaissance of pre 1930 thought and its cultural indoctrination.