Originally Posted by
dwtbd 
The 'power of a craving' is proportional to the amount we assign is necessary to thwart IT. If you decide that 'no matter what', use is no longer an option , 'defeat' of the desire , frustrating ITs satisfaction is as simple as recognizing and dismissing IT.
Yes, it's natural to think that the most difficult thing we face is a battle against an eternal Beast but I don't think this is so. My experience is that the hardest thing is to make the decision never to drink again. Once that's been done the rest is fairly easy because recognition and separation from AV becomes pretty much automatic. Know your enemy, which is vacillation, not the Beast.