You are listening to the Take a Break podcast with Rachel Hart episode 227.

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. Today we are talking about taking credit for the decision not to drink.

So what I'm talking about are all the times that you say no to a drink, all the times that you

could have had a drink, but you didn't and taking credit for these moments. Most people do not

take credit and I'm going to explain why most people kind of dismiss the moments that they say no,

but it's so important. If you want to change your relationship with alcohol, if you want to change

the habit, you have to start taking credit for every single decision that you make not to drink.

So really think about this. Think about all the times that you don't drink, all the seconds,

all the minutes, all the hours when you're not drinking. For most people, that adds up to a whole lot

of time. But notice if you're quick to want to dismiss it. Notice if you're like, okay, yeah,

so I didn't drink at 10 a.m. this morning, but of course I'm not going to drink at 10 a.m.

We are so used to spending so much time thinking about all the times when we are drinking

and not paying a lot of attention to the times that we're deciding not to drink. And that's what

I really want you to just challenge your brain to focus on today.

Because only focusing on how much you drank last night or drinking too much or how you drank too

much this weekend or this week or this month or this year and how you need to cut back,

it seems like that would make sense to bring your attention there. It seems like you would actually

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