You are listening to the Take a Break podcast with Rachel Hart, episode 23.

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.

Hey everybody, how are you? What's happening? What did you do last night?

You know what I did last night? I watched my favorite new TV show.

It's called Stone House Revival. I love it. I love old houses.

I grew up in an old house from the early 1800s.

And all these crazy little quirks it still does, my parents have done so much to restore that house.

And they also put us to work helping them restore it at a very young age.

I remember we moved in probably when I was four years old.

And my parents decided that a good family activity would be the entire family scraping away layers

and layers of old wallpaper in our upstairs hallway. So I have a soft spot in my heart for old houses

and for restoration. But I'm obsessed with this show.

They are restoring old houses in Pennsylvania, old stone farm houses, some of which are from the 1600s, which blows my mind.

And they do these amazing restorations, revealing interior stone walls and colonial fireplaces and incredible wood floors.

It's amazing. I love it.

But here's the thing. The restoration process is a nightmare.

Most of these houses have had centuries of repairs and work and additions,

heaped upon more repairs and more work and more additions.

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