Recognition is the prerequisite step for the operative step of separation.
A BP is a self honest , conscious decision. Instantly implemented and nonrevocable. The ultimate self irrational choice to become or recovery one’s natural teetotaler state , come hell or high water, yeah?
From that perspective , being a quitter means choosing to never again drink and to never change your mind about that one choice.
From that point on, after making a BP , can it really be said that drinking would appeal to you the entity that pledges to yourself to never again pour booze down your throat?
Identifying , assigning any desire for more booze as an alien ego , or recognizing that desire as the expression of a rogue survival drive as opposed to eminating from your more rational better judgement based self is integral to the technique.
You say drinking thoughts intrusively bombarded you all weekend, and yet you didn’t indulge.
Imagine how freeing that would feel , if you said , and I didn’t indulge IT.
It’s more than a semantic difference through the lens of AVRT.