You are listening to the Take a Break podcast with Rachel Hart, episode 124.

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.

Well hello everybody. Today we are going to talk about something that I hear from

my clients all the time. All the time and in fact I used to think this myself.

People will tell me, Rachel, I just want to be someone who can take it or leave it

when it comes to drinking. That's my dream. That's what I really want.

And here's what happens. Once I start working with people and once they really

understand what it means to take it or leave it, sometimes they discover that's not

actually their dream. What they envision, what it means to take it or leave it

or it comes to alcohol, does not square with what they are actually truly wanting.

And so that's why it's so important for you to understand this if you have ever

thought this to yourself. It's so important that you figure this out and that's what I'm going to

help you do today. So today we are going to go over the common misconception that people

have about what it means when you take it or leave it. What that phrase take it or leave

it really means when it comes to alcohol. And if you want to adopt a take it or leave it

mindset, once you understand what it really means, how to adopt it and the obstacles

that are standing in your way. So I want to start out first with the misconception

because we have to understand always what you're talking about. If you're going to

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