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RecklessEric ~
You raise a fair question that is well-covered above, and can be distilled down to these laudable Behaviors posted by Trohyn:
'But, and here's the beauty of this simple method, I control my motor faculties. Not a, soon to become defunct, neural pathway which is after all merely a thought.'
'So it's ME who decides whether my hands lift a drink to my lips and, tough tittie beast, that's not happening.'
My Wife was a Volleyball Player, and Coach. She was an Early Adopter - Decades ago - of 'Muscle Memory' Regimen. In Practice, you slam down Spikes until your Brain is out of the Response Loop. The Chinese Olympic Team, for one, trains this way. Mercilessly. In a like manner, before he hit the Links daily, Tiger Woods would reportedly drive 500 Balls off the Tee to hone his Muscle Memory.
Read above. Trohyn has reduced his response, Muscle Memory-style, to not lift a Drink. Picking up that First One just ain't a happenin'.
This is what I did, and continue to do. It is not an Article of Faith. It is the establishment of an Autonomic System Response and 'Firewall' where Alcohol is involved. This approach simplifies Sobriety tremendously while we re-tool ourselves ground-up to no longer submerge in Alcohol.
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