Originally Posted by
daredevil 
People quit when the consequences of drinking exceed the benefits...
The impetus to stay quit is a different thing and a separate assessment.
How so? Are you suggesting a brand new C-B-A every single time the urge to drink appears? That almost sounds like 'white knuckling'.
That, right there in bold, in your post above, is likely the problem, by the way. The very problem that AVRT tackles head on from the outset -- no holds barred. The Big Plan is a chosen irrationality, patterned after the Beast's very own addictive mandate to 'never say never' to the possibility of drinking some more.
As long as the Option to drink some more remains on the table, the Beast has hope -- and time -- on its side. Brand new CBA's can always differ from previous ones, after all, especially if the Beast adds its two cents into the calculus.