Old 03-09-2018, 11:36 AM
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Originally Posted by AlericB View Post
I agree with Andy too. The Freedom Model does not see addiction as an ambivalence as AVRT does and so there is no AV. In the Freedom Model you are you are always in control of your relationship with drink. There are not two "persons", you and the Beast, inside you and so there is no ambivalence. If you feel that your happiest option is not drinking then that's really it other than living that out of course. That is really what you want and so there will be no conflicting voice telling you otherwise.
I don't know what all the Freedom Model entails, but if " so there will be no conflicting voice telling you otherwise." is a logical conclusion to draw from their reasoning, i would suggest testing this theory with a shifting exercise from AVRT.
Get a bottle of your favorite, pour a glass and hold it, and then 'listen'.
The AV doesn't need to be nonexistent to be ignored.
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