You are listening to the Take a Break podcast with Rachel Hart, episode 114.

Whether you want to drink less or stop drinking, this podcast will help you change the habit

from the inside out. We're challenging conventional wisdom about why people drink

and why it can be hard to resist temptation. No labels, no judgment, just practical tools

to take control of your desire and stop worrying about your drinking.

Now here's your host, Rachel Hart.

Hello everybody. Listen, I'm going to warn you. I've got a little bit of a cold.

In fact, my entire family has a little bit of a cold and we have had a little bit of a cold

for a while now. And so I think my podcast producer is really going to have to help me out

on today's episode because the last one I recorded, I had a lot of coughing fits.

So bear with me. And if I sound a little croaky, you know why?

Listen, today we are talking about relationships.

I love talking about relationships. I love relationships. I love my relationship.

I love my past relationships. I love romantic relationships, relationships with my family.

I love them all. You know why? Because they are such a perfect window into your mind.

I will tell you, I have been asking people to send me their questions that they want to hear me answer on the podcast.

And one that has come in or one theme that has come in over and over again is what to do about your partner

when you want to change your drinking. And I deal with this with my clients all the time.

But it always makes me laugh because I promise no matter what your partner is doing,

your brain thinks it's a problem. So the more I talk to people, the more I realize how the brain is always looking

to pinpoint how someone else is making change more difficult.

And people will tell me it's so hard to change my drinking rate.

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