AVRT Explained (long)
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Originally Posted by freshstart57 
ALinNS, hope you are weathering the weather today OK, my sister just left by air for Halifax, it's looking a little iffy.
I found the most effective way to battle my urges, to fight the AV, was not to fight it at all. I find that giving it my full attention with as little emotional involvment as possible to be very effective. Mindfulness or awareness, they mean the same thing to me. By doing this, staring it, I can see it for what it is. It isn't anything more than the leftover of a previous physical and psychological dependency. It isn't real in the sense that it has no real power to influence my actions. My rational mind has the ultimate control simply because I say so. I have decided I deserve to be sober and that I am going to stay sober, and that is the end of it. Those days of misery and shame and guilt and depression and anger are all in the past for me.
I recovered, and you can be recovered too, Andrew. You got this one. Onward!
I found the most effective way to battle my urges, to fight the AV, was not to fight it at all. I find that giving it my full attention with as little emotional involvment as possible to be very effective. Mindfulness or awareness, they mean the same thing to me. By doing this, staring it, I can see it for what it is. It isn't anything more than the leftover of a previous physical and psychological dependency. It isn't real in the sense that it has no real power to influence my actions. My rational mind has the ultimate control simply because I say so. I have decided I deserve to be sober and that I am going to stay sober, and that is the end of it. Those days of misery and shame and guilt and depression and anger are all in the past for me.
I recovered, and you can be recovered too, Andrew. You got this one. Onward!
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Originally Posted by freshstart57
ALinNS, hope you are weathering the weather today OK, my sister just left by air for Halifax, it's looking a little iffy.
I found the most effective way to battle my urges, to fight the AV, was not to fight it at all. I find that giving it my full attention with as little emotional involvment as possible to be very effective. Mindfulness or awareness, they mean the same thing to me. By doing this, staring it, I can see it for what it is. It isn't anything more than the leftover of a previous physical and psychological dependency. It isn't real in the sense that it has no real power to influence my actions. My rational mind has the ultimate control simply because I say so. I have decided I deserve to be sober and that I am going to stay sober, and that is the end of it. Those days of misery and shame and guilt and depression and anger are all in the past for me.
I recovered, and you can be recovered too, Andrew. You got this one. Onward!
I found the most effective way to battle my urges, to fight the AV, was not to fight it at all. I find that giving it my full attention with as little emotional involvment as possible to be very effective. Mindfulness or awareness, they mean the same thing to me. By doing this, staring it, I can see it for what it is. It isn't anything more than the leftover of a previous physical and psychological dependency. It isn't real in the sense that it has no real power to influence my actions. My rational mind has the ultimate control simply because I say so. I have decided I deserve to be sober and that I am going to stay sober, and that is the end of it. Those days of misery and shame and guilt and depression and anger are all in the past for me.
I recovered, and you can be recovered too, Andrew. You got this one. Onward!
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You have everything you need to succeed, BillyBlanks,, complete and fully formed inside you. Believe in your ability to do this, for you most certainly can. Consider every doubt and fear to be the death throes of your drinking habit, and every urge to take that drink to be coming from IT, not from you. And how can you know this to be so?
This is so because you have made this solemn, unconditional, and considered covenenant with life: you will never drink again, no matter what. And you will never change your mind.
Best to you. And ONWARD!
This is so because you have made this solemn, unconditional, and considered covenenant with life: you will never drink again, no matter what. And you will never change your mind.
Best to you. And ONWARD!
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This thread is like a breath of fresh air for me! I never understood the value of saying to myself that I was helpless in the face of my problem drinking and needed To submit to Gods will. I am in full power of my choices. Thank you so much for this post!!
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I've never understood faith healing either, I also believe that only I have the power to decide to quit drinking/drugging. I'm not sure what I believe regarding God or religion but I have a problem with a God who would ignore all the atrocities and injustices in the world yet single me out to cure of wanting to get drunk. Do I believe that I have an Addictive Voice that will always want to get drunk one more time for old times sake? Yes I do. Do I believe that I can ignore that voice and decide to never pour alcohol down my throat again? You betcha.
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Originally Posted by zenchaser
I've never understood faith healing either, I also believe that only I have the power to decide to quit drinking/drugging. I'm not sure what I believe regarding God or religion but I have a problem with a God who would ignore all the atrocities and injustices in the world yet single me out to cure of wanting to get drunk. Do I believe that I have an Addictive Voice that will always want to get drunk one more time for old times sake? Yes I do. Do I believe that I can ignore that voice and decide to never pour alcohol down my throat again? You betcha.
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Hi, secular peeps!
These forums were super helpful to me once upon a time; I see some old friends here, awesome!
I was having a slow day at work, and for some reason it occurred to me to pop in here. That's when I saw it's been over a year since I even logged into the site.
I haven't drank in all that time... Or spent much time thinking about it, if any at all... The only reason I know how many years it's been is because I quit in 2010, making the counting super easy for me, lol.... Hmmmm....
This AVRT stuff must really work, huh?
Best wishes to one and all!!!
These forums were super helpful to me once upon a time; I see some old friends here, awesome!
I was having a slow day at work, and for some reason it occurred to me to pop in here. That's when I saw it's been over a year since I even logged into the site.
I haven't drank in all that time... Or spent much time thinking about it, if any at all... The only reason I know how many years it's been is because I quit in 2010, making the counting super easy for me, lol.... Hmmmm....
This AVRT stuff must really work, huh?
Best wishes to one and all!!!
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Originally Posted by ImNotThatGuy
I just found AVRT the other day, and it resonated very strongly with me. I wonder if the OP is still sober after all these years. Hope so.
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Doin’ very well these days, thank you. Life is good, and coming up on eight years of freedom from alcohol. Thank you, Dee, and best of all things to you. Onward!
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Originally Posted by freshstart57
Doin’ very well these days, thank you. Life is good, and coming up on eight years of freedom from alcohol. Thank you, Dee, and best of all things to you. Onward!
Thanks for your AVRT posts Freshstart. They have given me more than you will know.
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hey 4EverIrish,
way to go on that nice chunk of sober time!!
and just thinking: since you see a gap here in continuing support to those in need, why not step in and offer some of the experience you have in longterm sobriety?
way to go on that nice chunk of sober time!!
and just thinking: since you see a gap here in continuing support to those in need, why not step in and offer some of the experience you have in longterm sobriety?
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