I've made a decision to never drink again, my Big Plan a la AVRT( great threads on those ideas here on SR in the Secular Connections forum) . The whys and hows aren't important to me anymore, but my Plan is.
One of the most important ideas I had to grasp, and once integrating helpful ideas, is that my Plan doesn't or need not protect against 'want' (AV) , it can't actually , nothing can. The want / desire for alcohol/intoxication , the Beast in AVRT, once born, IT will always be a part of me. My Big Plan: " I will never drink again , and I will never change my mind" doesn't/can't remove that inherent desire or Its expression, the AV, but is the solution /answer to removing the choice for more booze, ever again.
Learning about AVRT showed my how to 'hear' the AV and how to stop 'Listening' to IT.
The Beast's ironclad will is always : more more , My ironclad BP is always the answer. Hearing your AV isn't a threat , listening to IT means you've become your AV and all bets are off.