Originally Posted by
dwtbd 
While I believe it is instructive to dispel the 'cultural myths' around recovery. I don't think exaggerated pleasure is one. The idea flies in the face of the subjectivity of experience , no ?
Why would it be important to strip any or all effects of an object of desire in order to resist indulging the desire? Wouldn't that be a refutation of freewill?
Perhaps it's like this. Suppose you have an obsessional love for someone that's destroying you. Would you not agree that it would be a good idea to try to dispel your obsession by reassessing and de-romancing the person. Is our "love" relationship with drink really any different?
Rather than a refutation of freewill that would be an assertion of your will, that is, your capacity to determine your choices.