234: The Hidden Drawbacks of Drinking the "Good Stuff"
Take a Break from Drinking
Rachel Hart
4.9 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 13 July 2021
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
When you believe the drink in front of you is superior to other drinks, your desire for it changes. In this episode, find out if the "good stuff" really is that good, and how labeling a drink as good or bad impacts your desire and your ability to change the habit.
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to the Take a Break podcast with Rachel Hart episode 234. |
| 0:06.1 | Whether you want to drink less or stop drinking, this podcast will help you change the habit |
| 0:11.2 | from the inside out. We're challenging conventional wisdom about why people drink |
| 0:16.4 | and why it can be hard to resist temptation. No labels, no judgment, just practical tools to take |
| 0:23.4 | control of your desire and stop worrying about your drinking. Now here's your host, Rachel Hart. |
| 0:29.8 | Well, hello my friends. We are back for another episode and talking today about drinking the good stuff. |
| 0:42.8 | So when I say the good stuff, maybe it is that really fancy bottle of wine or the rare limited |
| 0:49.4 | edition scotch, whatever the good stuff means for you, we're going to be talking about how it impacts |
| 0:55.8 | the habit and impacts your ability to change your relationship with alcohol and change your desire |
| 1:01.9 | because I think this is a very under-discussed part of why it can be hard to change. Now I will tell |
| 1:10.0 | you this. I did not start out drinking the good stuff. I started out drinking when I was in college, |
| 1:15.2 | I was 17, I was going to frat parties and I was drinking Hawaiian punch and grain alcohol |
| 1:20.5 | in red plastic cups. I was drinking things like Mike's hard lemonade. But in my late 20s, |
| 1:28.3 | I started drinking what I thought was the good stuff. So my taste matured. So I became picky |
| 1:35.5 | about the gin that I would drink or picky about what exactly went into one of my fancy cocktails. |
| 1:43.1 | I remember that I started spending money on buying real maraschino cherries. So not like the bright |
| 1:48.7 | red one that you get on top of a Sunday, but like the deep maroon cherries that are soaked in |
| 1:54.4 | maraschino liqueur and a bottle is like $25 a pop. So alcohol became this thing that I was starting |
| 2:03.5 | to spend real money on. And I will tell you this, drinking what we call the good stuff, whatever |
| 2:10.2 | that means for you, it didn't just impact my wallet, it had a tremendous impact on the thoughts, |
| 2:16.1 | feelings and actions connected to the habit. And this is what I see with so many of my clients |
| 2:22.0 | inside the 30 day challenge and doing the work inside of take a break. So listen, what is good stuff? |
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