Originally Posted by
Harambulus 
With all this talk of a beast and how you should never let it out to play doesnt this set you up for misery and depression if you never have ANY fun? Sounds alot like the ascetic priests/mendicants.
For the moment, I would recommend sticking to the basics and limiting things to your current drug and alcohol problem. In other words, let the Beast simply be the desire for alcohol and drugs. If, once you get a handle on that, you feel that you can apply AVRT to some other vice, such as gambling, you could certainly do that.