You are listening to the Take a Break podcast with Rachel Hart episode 189.

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 today about a thought that I know is such a stumbling block

for so many of you, so many of you who want to change the habit of drinking.

This thought is getting in the way.

And it's the thought everyone drinks.

All my friends drink, all my colleagues drink, all my neighbors drink,

everyone in the book group drinks, everyone in my family drinks.

In fact, I'm from a family of big drinkers.

I know what it sounds like because I hear it over and over and over again

from the people I work with.

And it will always get in the way of changing the habit.

And it's not even that everyone drinks.

I'll also hear, people will tell me, well drinking is just a really big deal where I live.

I live in a city where it's just part of everything or drinking is just part of the culture.

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