You are listening to the Take a Break Podcast with Rachel Hart episode 251.

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. Welcome back.

I'm going to say today's episode is really a reminder for all of you here.

I don't care if today is your first episode or you've listened to every episode since 2017.

It's a reminder that the journey you are on to change your relationship with alcohol and it is a journey.

There will be twists and turns and ups and downs and none of that is a bad thing.

It's all part of the process but this journey is to get you to a place where you can just free up

the mental energy that you spend thinking about drinking and longing after a glass of wine and wondering,

oh, should I pour another?

Is it time to order another round and then beating yourself up when you've had too much and worrying?

God, am I ever going to figure it out? It's about freeing up all of this mental energy.

I mean, just imagine what you could do, what you could put this energy towards.

You just didn't have to worry about your drinking anymore.

I talk about this a lot on the podcast because I think so often we go into wanting to change

our relationship with alcohol with this very kind of limited end point.

Right? So it's about, okay, I'm just going to learn how to say no or I'm just going to learn how to

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