You are listening to the Take a Break podcast with Rachel Hart episode 207.

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.

Hello, hello, hello everyone, it is a new year. So in honor of the new year, let's talk about how

to make resolutions that stick. Now for a very long time I knew how to make resolutions,

but I didn't know how to follow through on them. I would start with a lot of energy and I'm

feeling very gung-ho and it would just start to slip away after some point. Learning how to make

resolutions at stick changed everything. I know it sounds kind of gimmicky to say I have the secret,

but listen, I really think I do. I really think I have the secret because I've watched it

in my own life. I've watched it with so many of my clients see all of a sudden they turn into people

who follow through on their commitment. I remember thinking for the longest time, I don't know,

maybe I'm just not someone who can do things all the way. Maybe I'm just not someone who follows

through. I don't have it in me. That's not the case. If you've ever said that to yourself,

that's not what's actually going on and that's what we're going to talk about today.

If you want to redefine your relationship with alcohol and change the habit, you must listen

to today's episode. Now, what I'm going to teach you it matters for every goal, but it really

matters for the habit of drinking. I will tell you this, people tend to make falling into the

trap of drinking too much or drinking when you said you wouldn't. We tend to make it mean all

these terrible things about who we are. I want you to know what means nothing terrible about you,

nothing at all, not one bit. I really want you to see if you can let that sink in. Can you really

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