You are listening to the Take a Break podcast with Rachel Hart episode 174.

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. I'm going to tell you I have done 174 episodes

plus a bunch of bonuses. And today was the first time that I forgot to hit record.

What was I doing? I don't know, but I got, oh, I don't know three quarters of the way into

this podcast and realize, hey, nothing is recording. But you know what? I've talked about this on

the podcast before because I've had instances where I haven't forgotten to hit record, but I have

sometimes sent my producer audio where he has come back and said, yeah, no, this isn't going to work.

I just told myself what I have told myself in the past, it is always better the second time around.

And so it will be this second recording will be better. All right, so we are talking about

urge work today. Learning how to deal with your urges is one of the most important things.

And one of the most essential things that you will need to do, especially at first when you're

learning how to change the habit and not just the habit of drinking, but really any habit.

And I have so many of you guys who will write in and you'll say, I'm obsessed with the

think feel cycle. I love finally understanding how my brain works and how habits work and how

my thoughts and my feelings and my behaviors are all interconnected. And I love the analogies

that you talk about, like the urge being a toddler in your brain where all it cares about is

that immediate gratification, but you also have an adult. You also have your higher brain,

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