GT wrote: “and draws a line directly to the simple binary choice of make a Big Plan or set the practice of AVRT aside until that plan is made.”
I feel as though the very thing (AVRT) that helped me to stop drinking, is now turning on me, GT, by your bolded words above. Despite anything you wrote, I am allowed to use AVRT to stop drinking by recognising the AV thoughts, without making another Big Plan. Nobody can prevent me from doing so.