Recognition ( identification) is the prerequisite step for separation.
Not picking your post apart to show someone 'doing it wrong', just my observation of your AV.
"I get that it's not my deprivation. It's the beast's deprivation. I don't feel deprived, like I once used to, so that's a positive step in the right direction.
At the moment, I'm depriving IT. "
A step in the right direction and at the moment imply alternatives and are present as a time biding tactic of the Beast.