I don't know if this is relevant or not but I always found, for me, that prior to a period of quitting I'd have a night where I had just two or three drinks and feel sated with it. In fact, in the week of quitting for good I had just a single glass of wine one evening.
I'd say to myself, is it really worth quitting? If you drank like that a few times per week you could even stay within the UK government's recommended limits. Why not just cut down?
I don't know whether I'm right but I now attribute those brief periods of moderation to the Beast. I decided to quit so I was strung along by my AV. Of course if I played into its hands the moderation would go out the window and the Beast would use me to fill its boots.
Perhaps if your Beast knows you're serious about quitting it will devise a long-term strategy and stay dormant for a few days, weeks or months, biding its time.