Gooood morning.
Calmself, way to dodge that chatter. I had an answer for it, still do: "Thanks for piping up. I don't drink - no matter what." It sounds like you are trying that, good deal. Have you read the AVRT thread? It's all about the method that coined the "AV (Addictive Voice)." It's in the Secular section on this site along with a lot of other great threads:
https://www.soberrecovery.com/forums...ined-long.html (AVRT Explained (long))
So, the voice doesn't go away completely - drinking was my go-to; it was an automatic answer to life for a long time. I have made peace with it. I'm 4+ years into this continuous sober time and it still peeps now and then: but it has no power. It's a paper tiger. The trick is learning to dismiss it - to shut it down without angst.
Just another thought that I'm not going to act upon, like so many other randomly pulled thoughts throughout the day.
