Boy, I am ashamed to admit this but I thought the AV thing was something that only "hard core" drinkers in recovery experienced. UNTIL, I read the definition of it on another post, and then I realized that I had my very own seven-year-old AV sitting on my shoulder and saying "Never? NEVER?? Maybe once you've been sober for six months or so, you can have a glass of wine here and there." That was a humbling experience. I like to BS my AV. When it tells me a drink would be good right now, I lie right back and say, "Not today, but maybe tomorrow. Tomorrow we can have a drink if we really want one." My AV actually buys that and shuts up, and of course, tomorrow never comes.