In my opinion, the "beast" speaks with the voice of the AV and it is entirely up to Me whether I listen or not. Oh but that AV is a wily conniving little bugger and will use everything IT knows about me to cajole, scare or otherwise convince Me to drink.
Here's a couple of links on AVRT, from which we borrow the term Addictive Voice:
There's a relatively brief intro here:
https://www.soberrecovery.com/forums...ined-long.html (AVRT Explained (long))
For the voracious learner in you, there's a really really long thread you can read here:
https://www.soberrecovery.com/forums...iscussion.html (Addictive Voice Recognition Technique (AVRT) Discussion)
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