You are listening to the Take a Break Podcast with Rachel Hart episode 272.

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 about how to create change for good,

change that lasts when it comes to your drinking. And really when it comes to anything

and everything in life, I think this is so important because if you are like me,

you have been in the place where you feel like you can change for a little while,

but it doesn't really stick. So it feels like you're constantly in this back and forth,

or that you're responsible for a bit and then you go overboard.

And that place creates so much worry and so much kind of chatter in your mind of just wondering,

God, am I ever going to figure this out? Am I ever actually going to create a lasting change

in my relationship with alcohol? Now, the problem is that so many people are on this seesaw,

so many people are on the, well, I'm being really good and then I was really bad,

or I was being really responsible and you know what? Then I wanted to rebel and have fun,

or I was so committed when I woke up in the morning and then, you know, four o'clock rolled around

and my day was crappy, so I gave in. And what happens when you're on this seesaw

is you will start to see the seesaw as the problem. You will start to see the back and forth

as something that is a sign, there is something wrong with you, but there's nothing wrong with you.

Really, what I want you to understand is that all of this back and forth is a symptom

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