You are listening to the Take a Break podcast with Rachel Hart episode 205.

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 writing down the habit.

I cannot stress how important this piece is when it comes to habit change.

Because remember, the habit is in your unconscious.

It's in that part of your brain that just wants to operate on autopilot.

It doesn't want you to think about what you're doing.

It just wants you to do it.

And so if you're going to change a habit, the habit of drinking,

habits of overeating, habits of procrastinating,

it doesn't matter what the habit is really.

If you're going to change a habit, you have to get your brain off autopilot.

You have to start bringing conscious awareness to what is going on.

And that happens with writing the habit down.

Now the last couple of episodes in the podcast,

I have been talking about the pillars of habit change.

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