I also find it perplexing how I used to let those thoughts dominate me, they used to seem so powerful to me, and now they are meaningless. I still have them sometimes but I can simply let them be and carry on. I found it very helpful to understand about my Addictive Voice, it explained why I would drink even though I desperately wanted to quit. Why I found myself going against my own desire to be sober over and over and over again.