There is no possibility on earth that I would go to the liquor store. I'm sober. I don't drink.
You go to the liquor store because you have not yet quit.
You know AV is there, yet you negotiate with it. AV is a huge dark force that wins every time and the only way YOU win is to not play. Not engage. don't argue with it. Just stop it in its tracks when it is just a wayward thought.
AV has calculated steps to get you to drinking point. I laugh my head off at the thought of a liquor store so my AV starts quiet, small and stealthy.
You have to catch it early.