Hi kes,
Interesting question. I don’t see it as a fight, I see it as happily running away from the fight.
My point is that for a fight one plans a defence strategy. I have tried that many times, and alcohol won every single one.
In other words, if I even acknowledge there’s something like an AV to fight then I don’t think I stand a chance of wining.
So I ignore the fact that it s there. I don’t drink because of x,y or z, I just don’t drink, no drama, no romance (of course a bunch of other stuff happened to get me to that point, but that s how I see it practically).