AVRT allows you to recognize the dualism inside every addicted person.
Your AV is that feeling or voice inside you that cries out against never drinking again. It's the doubt that eats you up inside, telling you you will never get it right and it will always be this way. It's the voice that tells you you deserve it because life is so very hard and lousy without it...... IT always knows what will make you feel better....
YOU are the one who came back here for help. You are the one who hates living this way and knows what you are doing is wrong and that it's killing you slowly. You are the one who wants to wake up feeling good and go to bed with some peace of mind again. You are the one who finally wants to leave your addiction in your rear view mirror so you can live the life you were meant to live.
The BP of AVRT allows you too see/hear/feel the difference between the two.
The idea is not to silence your AV, none of us can. It can quiet down and It can be ignored, but It never totally goes away. We learn to live with It and not fear It or obey It anymore.
Think of it like horse back riding. Since your Beast was birthed you've been riding bareback with no bridle or reins. AVRT allows you to ride with spurs and a saddle and a bridle with a tough bit. Now instead of your Beast taking you for a ride - you are leading the way and have that Beast reigned in.