You are listening to the Take a Break podcast with Rachel Hart episode 250.

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 everyone.

So today we are going to really dive deep into one of my very favorite things

to look at when you're trying to change your relationship with alcohol

and the habit of drinking and how much you're drinking.

And that's to look at permission giving thoughts.

So these are thoughts that serve as excuses or justifications or reasons to drink.

So I've done a couple of episodes on permission giving thoughts.

And I actually, I have two episodes in particular

that if you haven't listened to,

I really recommend that you go back and check them out

because one of the concepts that I introduce is something called

the Role of Decks of Excuses.

And I talk about it in episode 78 and episode 126.

And really understanding the Role of Decks of Excuses

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