You are listening to the Take a Break podcast with Rachel Hart episode 260.

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, my friends.

A new year is underway.

I am so excited for today's episode.

Because I was thinking a lot.

I was thinking so much about all of you.

All the people who wake up in the new year and think,

okay, this year's going to be different.

My drinking is going to be different.

My relationship with alcohol is going to be different.

We get to decide that this is going to be true for us.

I want you to really understand that.

So often we think, well, let's just see what happens.

I hope it changes, but let's just wait and see.

But really, you just get to decide.

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