You are listening to the Take a Break podcast with Rachel Hart episode 187.

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 going to talk about change versus control today.

And we're going to talk about it in the realm of the habit of drinking, but we're also going to talk about it in life.

Because of course this is a tug of war that a lot of people experience not just with their drinking,

but with everything in life.

I was coaching a woman on this recently and she said to me, you know, Rachel, I just don't like change.

I just want things to stay the same.

And I could really relate to her because for a very long time, you would have heard me say the exact same thing.

I just don't like change.

I'm not comfortable with it. It's just who I am.

That's what I believed.

I really believe that it was written in my DNA that I came out of the womb this way as someone who didn't like change.

And so of course, it set me up for a lot of struggle in life because I was always trying to control everything.

And I always wanted to know what was coming around the corner and I could never feel secure otherwise.

And I have seen how transforming my relationship with alcohol has actually allowed me to really embrace change.

And how that has benefited so many areas of my life.

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