I view the Big Plan as a huge STOP 🛑 when I hear/feel AV. My ambivalence ended with the BP, because I separated from the ‘Beast’ therefore I had no mixed feelings regarding drink - the Beast wanted to and I didn’t.
Alcohol Addicted Habituated Neural Pathway (the Beast) via ITs AV “I want a drink” (because ITs Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired, Bored, Stressed, Excited, Happy etc). I feel those feelings, but they’re instantly highlighted against the rock solid backdrop of my BP, therefore I don’t act on the AV.
It’s a massive added bonus that through neuro plasticity, I now realise that every time I don’t act on that old neural pathway (habitual addictive drinking) I thereby cause it to wither, and at the same time, strengthen my new default pathway.....I do not drink.