You are listening to the Take a Break podcast with Rachel Hart episode 168.

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, hello everybody. We are talking about a question that I have been hearing from people over

and over and over since this pandemic started. And so the question is, how much longer?

That's what I hear from so many people. Things would be easier right now if I just knew

how much longer is this going to last? How much longer are we going to have to shelter in place?

Are schools going to be closed? Are businesses going to be closed?

And so so many people are telling me what's so troubling for them is not having an end point.

Not knowing when things will end. And the reason why I want to do an episode on this is because

when I hear that it's always assigned to me that you are unknowingly trying to muscle your way

through your negative emotions. You are using willpower unknowingly and it never works. And it's

so important for you to be on to yourself. Because here's the thing, we do know that this pandemic

is going to end. All pandemics come to an end. So when I hear people say to me,

well Rachel, how long is it going to last? Tell me when it's going to end. I just hate not knowing.

I just wish that I knew what I hear them really saying is how much longer do I have to grit my teeth?

How much longer am I going to have to use willpower to get through these negative emotions every day?

And the reason why you want to know how much longer is because willpower is exhausting. I talk about

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