The basis is that one makes a "big plan" says that I will never drink alcohol again and I will never change my mind. Then any time you hear the voice saying "you can't say never.. what if (world devastation, trip to france, win lottery, etc.) you can recognize it as your "beast" and simply ignore it. The beast wants to drink, But I don't. The beast can't make me do anything.
Anyways,
When I quit drinking my beast turned to the old familiar: Food. "well, as long as we're not drinking, we can eat whatever we want." It seeks pleasure and wanted all the crap in the world. But I was armed with the knowledge of AVRT and was quite surprised (although shouldn't be) that my lizard brain would go after me like this.
But here's where NoS really comes in and saves the day. Strictness. I have made a big plan here too. I never eat sweets, snacks, or seconds on N days. and I will not change my mind.
What does this do? Stops the battle. Do you fret over having one piece of chocolate? Mental battles over little items won't happen if you remain strict and stick to your plan. Recognize the voice for what it is. Just a pleasure seeking beast. Back to your cave beast! See you on saturday
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I'm no expert. I'm new to NoS (again). But now I have my head on straight.
AVRT was developed by Jack Trimpey. He has a great book on quitting drinking and a book about food (that I haven't read- just using the drinking ideas on food). [/i]
AVRT is part of a program called Rational Recovery. They have a website that spells it all out for you and I first heard about it in the secular connections section of the forums for sober recovery.