Originally Posted by
Treebeard 
AVRT seems to emphasize that addiction is a voice in the mind trying to BS you into thinking it’s something real, and therefore has power over you. But it doesn’t, so long as you see clearly that it’s only a thought.
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Soberlicious , ( a poster down here in the Secular Section of SR )….. has expressed how she'd employed the basic principles of AVRT well before she learned of it . I can't speak for her ,...but I believe she was using the Buddhist concept of separation you're describing .
Reframing addiction through the lens of AVRT has made all the difference for me .
Welcome Treebeard .
