Wow! Lots of AV in my post! I had a lot of AV activity when I was away in Japan. I do recognize it as AV but I find it harder to separate myself from the anxiety so I try to manage it. As long as I don't ever drink the thoughts and feelings can't do anything more than be annoying, and I'll never drink again so it's all good. There is no doubt that I still have an AV though! Being around drinkers day in and day out for 2 weeks I could feel my AV coming out in my speech again, telling drinking stories and whatnot, and there was a moment where IT took over the I/ME pronoun, and that freaked me out. But I handled it.