Originally Posted by
langkah 
It's almost two schools of thought...one school holds the line at zero deliberate alcohol ingestion, another is ok with drinking small amounts if there's a reasonable reason to go ahead and do that, but not to overdo it and to not do that too often.
The second school views the problem to be avoided is the extreme drunkenness of the past. As long as that doesn't take place the alcoholic has remained sober enough for practical purposes and anything further than practical is approaching fanatical.
AVRT is not a moderation or controlled drinking program; it
is fanatical in its insistence on abstinence. The Big Plan of AVRT is absolutist and calls for abstinence — here, now, and forever.
Originally Posted by
langkah Good to know there is a wide degree a flexibility in interpreting and applying the basic concept of abstinence among AVRT'rs.
There is no wide degree of flexibility, and AVRT will interpret any such presumed flexibility, since it suggests the possibility of future drinking or using, as the Addictive Voice itself. The only "flexibility" would be in the legitimate use of drugs for purposes other than self-intoxication, such as the use of anesthetics during surgery.