Think about this sentence from the quote in post #2
“Joining the two words together and saying “Willpower doesn’t work” is like pointing out you cannot teach a dog to talk.”
This sentence is based on the imperfections and limitations of language and gives an understanding into why the compounding of the two words “will” and “power” must be broken up again to restrict the meaning of power to one thing - subcortical “power” - the power of animal life that has ruled life for billions of years. “Will”, based on memory, language, and the ability to inhibit animal power is probably around a million years old - brand new in comparison.
But as I look around us at what the “will” of homo sapiens has done here on Earth it’s easy to see how “will” can dominate and control animal “power” when it wants to. Thus society.
Thus the Big Plan’s usefulness, and it presence throughout history. The simple pledge “I Will Never Drink Again.”
These 5 words have quite simple and crystal clear definitions. So, language works very well in making this sentence create an ironclad Plan, created by “will” and installed into memory as the foundation ending a “power”ful addiction.
Keeping in mind that in AVRT:
Addiction = persistent (2 billion year old craving-oxygen-like-appetite driven) use of alcohol/drugs against one’s own better judgement)
And the process of getting alcohol/drugs into the body must pass directly under the nose and eyes into the mouth or through an injection into a vein. It’s not like an itch that we scratch unconsciously. It is EXTREMELY full of deliberation and complex activity.
So, the Big Plan has a LOT going for it. This makes it ironclad. The Big Plan CAN be done PERFECTLY.