194: I Have Nothing to Complain About
Take a Break from Drinking
Rachel Hart
4.9 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 6 October 2020
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Why the belief that you shouldn't feel the way you do is so problematic. The tendency to spiral into judgment over how you feel is never useful, and the truth is that it could be stopping you from discovering so much more about the habit.
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to the Take a Break Podcast with Rachel Hart episode 194. |
| 0:06.1 | Whether you want to drink less or stop drinking, this podcast will help you change the habit. |
| 0:11.2 | From the inside out, we're challenging conventional wisdom about why people drink |
| 0:16.4 | and why it can be hard to resist temptation. No labels, no judgment, just practical tools to take |
| 0:23.4 | control of your desire and stop worrying about your drinking. Now, here's your host, Rachel Hart. |
| 0:30.1 | Hello, everyone. We are going to do a deep dive into a very important thought today, a thought |
| 0:42.5 | that will prevent you from changing the habit of drinking and changing your relationship with |
| 0:48.3 | alcohol. And it is the thought I have nothing to complain about. I shouldn't be so anxious. I |
| 0:56.5 | shouldn't be stressed out. I shouldn't be so annoyed. This thought is so detrimental to changing |
| 1:05.9 | the habit. I watch it come up from my clients time and time again. And if you catch yourself |
| 1:13.2 | thinking this, that you have nothing to complain about, that you shouldn't feel the way you do, |
| 1:18.4 | you will not be able to change your relationship with alcohol because in order to change the habit, |
| 1:24.9 | you have to understand why you are drinking. This seems like such a simple, obvious question. |
| 1:31.6 | Why am I drinking? And if you don't get curious with it, your brain will just default to responses |
| 1:40.4 | like, well, I just like to drink. I just like the way it tastes. But I promise you, there is more |
| 1:46.9 | going on beneath the surface. This doesn't mean that we have to go digging for some sort of deep, |
| 1:54.0 | dark trauma. I'm not talking about that. You just have to be willing to be open to examining why |
| 2:00.8 | is it that you're drinking? Why is it that you're reaching for a glass or another or another? What's going |
| 2:08.3 | on underneath the decision? You're always going to find a thought. You're always going to find a |
| 2:13.7 | feeling connected with that action. And I'll tell you this, a lot of people aren't willing to go |
| 2:19.5 | there. They're not willing to explore this question because there's this fear. If they find anything |
| 2:25.0 | more than just, I just like the way it tastes. I just really love wine. There's this fear that |
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