You are listening to the Take a Break podcast with Rachel Hart episode 180.

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 my friends.

We are talking about halfway points today because guess what?

We're at the halfway point of 2020. Can you believe it?

There are only six months until another year begins, which I will tell you feels crazy for me because I keep thinking that it's April, but it's not.

So back in January, I asked you guys a question.

I asked you, what do you want 2020 to be about?

And so I want you to for a second think about the end of 2019.

Go back in your mind, go back to that place. What were you thinking about?

How did you want to make this year different? Maybe you wanted to be healthier, happier, in better shape.

You probably wanted to stop worrying about something, something that you were consuming.

You probably wanted to stop worrying about your drinking or your eating, your weight or whatever you just find yourself doing too much of.

That is creating negative consequences for you.

If I look back and think about what I always want to change for myself, I find that I often end up with I just want to worry less.

I have this thing that I'm worrying about and I want to worry less about it.

So you can think about it this way. What were you worrying about at the end of 2019 that you didn't want to bring into 2020 or you want to change in 2020?

Now, if you are like me, you probably ended your year thinking, okay, next year that's going to be when I make real change.

I always used to say this to myself. This is a year that change is going to happen, but you know what? For the longest time, I didn't know how to follow through.

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