Originally Posted by
nez 
I feel that you are personifying the AV too much and giving it power by doing so. Our thoughts are only thoughts. Nothing more. They only have the power that we give them.
I love this! I stopped drinking for two and a half years, by making a Big Plan to ignore the AV, that was the voice of the desire to drink - the Beast. The Beast being that part of my brain that was the seat of the drive to drink, the addiction. I drank again, broke my Big Plan.
This time around, I’m viewing the Beast as a Parasite instead. Thereby removing power from my AV thoughts. Parasites are weak and puny and cannot survive without the host, whereas a Beast is powerful. Just words, I know, but this new mental construct is helping me immensely.
70,000 thoughts a day, wow! We’re essentially pre-programmed.....and have to override it!