You are listening to the Take a Break podcast with Rachel Hart, episode 164.

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, everyone. We are talking about worry today. What have you been worrying about today?

I bet there's something that you can pinpoint. And I want to talk to you guys about it, not only

because the brain likes to do it all the time, especially if it's unmanaged, but because worrying

is often so connected to the habit of drinking, because we get into a routine of pouring a drink

so that we can stop worrying, so that we can feel better. But let me tell you, it does not work.

And unless you actually start to change the worry, even if you say no to a drink, I guarantee

you're going to be searching out some other distraction. That's why if you want to make sustainable

change, you actually have to do the work of learning how to manage your mind. But also, just

think about it. Wouldn't it be amazing to just worry less in life? It would be great. I know that

for a long time, I just would look at people and think, oh, those people that don't have to worry

about anything, who just never seemed to catastrophize or go to worst case scenario, I wish I was one

of them, because I thought it was a personality trait, but it's not. It's just a habit that you can

learn how to change. And let me tell you, when you do, when you learn how to worry less, it becomes

so much easier to say no to a drink. Your desire actually goes down, because if you have less worry,

you have less reason to try to escape the worry. That's how you can use this to actually change

your desire. I think it's really important to understand that we've actually been taught, all of us

have been taught to use a drink to deal with worry. So think about it. You're feeling stressed out,

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