Originally Posted by
AlericB 
How can there be "smuggling" of AV, hidden or otherwise, in a model that treats people like adults and leaves the choice of substance use up to you? And this is just being real and honest because of course the choice is up to you, no-one else can make it for you and if they did you wouldn't be committed to it anyway.
The purpose of AV is to direct you in a particular direction, that of drinking again, and so the whole idea of AV really has no relevance in this model because nothing influences you in any direction other than your own beliefs and choices.
Since the AV cannot be fully understood without the Structural Model of Addiction, and since the Freedom Model is completely independent of the Structural Model, I think it’s safe to say, the Freedom Model of recovery’s ongoing internal evaluation of what type of alcohol intake will make me happiest, is the equivalent of the Structural Model’s ongoing re-cognition of the Addictive Voice popping up here and there in harmless thoughts and feelings.
Try real hard right now to NOT think of pink elephants. Some thoughts and feelings will arise without personal control, simply by being conscious and within society. They are totally harmless, when categorized and not acted upon, pigeon-holed back into animal land.