You are listening to the Take a Break podcast with Rachel Hart episode 201.

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.

It is Thanksgiving week in the US.

And I will tell you that usually this is one of the busiest travel days of the year.

But of course this year is completely different because we're in the middle of a pandemic.

My husband and I actually have had a lot of long, very hard,

very difficult, very sad conversations about what to do.

So normally we would spend Thanksgiving with his family here in California

and we would spend Christmas with my family in Connecticut.

Now we already knew that Connecticut was off the table for Christmas

because I don't really feel very comfortable getting on a plane

at this point in the pandemic.

But we had been planning on seeing his mom and his brother's family for Thanksgiving.

And because we're in California we're really lucky because we can do things outside

and we can have meals outside even in the middle of November.

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