You are listening to the Take a Break podcast with Rachel Hart episode 258.

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.

All right, welcome back everyone.

We've got a really good topic today.

I'm talking about when not drinking feels like punishment

and you know what I mean.

I know a lot of you can relate to this.

I could relate to this for a very long time.

So you make a commitment not to drink.

Maybe you're taking a break for a week or a month or a year.

Maybe you just promised yourself, you know, that tonight you're going to say no.

And then the moment comes when it's time for you to make good on that commitment

and saying no to your desire feels like punishment.

This is something that I work with people on all the time inside Take a Break

because I really deeply believe that if not drinking feels like punishment.

If saying no to another round feels like punishment.

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