254: Are You Writing Off Change?
Take a Break from Drinking
Rachel Hart
4.9 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 30 November 2021
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
You might think that there's no point in trying to drink less over the holidays. Or, you might think that even if you do make a change, there's no way it will last. Discover how to break free from these thought patterns and start evolving into the next version of you, someone who has a radically different relationship with drinking.
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to the TIGA Break Podcast with Rachel Hart episode 254. |
| 0:06.6 | Whether you want to drink less or stop drinking, this podcast will help you change the habit |
| 0:11.7 | from the inside out. We're challenging conventional wisdom about why people drink |
| 0:16.9 | and why it can be hard to resist temptation. No labels, no judgment, just practical tools to take |
| 0:23.9 | control of your desire and stop worrying about your drinking. Now, here's your host, |
| 0:29.2 | Rachel Hart. Okay, so I wanted to start out today's episode just thinking about why you're here. |
| 0:41.1 | I know it seems kind of obvious, but let's just pause and step back for a second. Why are you here? |
| 0:48.4 | You're like most people, you're here because you want to change the habit that you have developed |
| 0:54.1 | with drinking. You want to change your relationship with alcohol, but you probably also want to get |
| 1:00.1 | a different perspective from everything that's out there. So really stepping away from this idea |
| 1:08.8 | that is so ingrained in so many of us that drinking too much is some sort of character defect, |
| 1:15.5 | that we need to hit rock bottom in order to change that shaming ourselves and feeling bad |
| 1:22.4 | is the way to start to modify your behavior. Getting a different perspective on the idea that like |
| 1:30.2 | perhaps maybe we don't need to demonize alcohol. We don't need to try to convince you that your |
| 1:35.5 | favorite drink is really bad for you and really a toxin or a poison for you to cut back or quit |
| 1:41.3 | whatever your goal is. But really just to say what is going on with this habit? Why do I feel |
| 1:50.4 | drawn to drink? Why do I feel compelled to answer my urges? Why does it feel hard to say no? Can I |
| 1:59.6 | just look at it in a logical way with an approach that's just free from moralizing or prescribing |
| 2:07.6 | the right course of action? I think that's another important piece here. Yes, I talk about taking a |
| 2:14.0 | break. But taking a break in service of discovering what is the right path for you? Taking a break is |
| 2:22.8 | the quickest way and the clearest way to get deep insight on how the habit works. That doesn't mean |
| 2:29.1 | you have to stop drinking forever. But if you think about all of that for your reasons for being here, |
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