You are listening to the Take a Break Podcast with Rachel Hart episode 270.

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.

We are talking today about how to handle other people's responses to your decision,

not to drink.

And maybe that decision is just for tonight.

Maybe it's for a 30-day break.

Maybe it's a decision to stop drinking entirely.

It doesn't really matter on the time frame.

This can be such a stumbling block for so many people, really worrying what people are going to think

and what they might say and what questions you might get asked.

And I want to acknowledge that I know there are some of you out there listening who are thinking,

yeah, that's not a problem for me.

But for others of you, this is something that your brain spends a lot of time kind of spinning on.

And there's no right or wrong response here.

And in fact, even if you're one of those people that says, oh, I don't care, it's not a big deal

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