You are listening to the Take a Break podcast with Rachel Hart episode 286.

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 everyone, welcome back.

We're talking about something that so many of you struggle with.

I struggled with this for such a long time.

I felt like I was in a rut.

I was stuck in a rut when it came to my drinking.

And I know a lot of you out there can relate.

A lot of you can identify, it feels like you just can't change.

No matter what you do, no matter what you try, change just doesn't happen.

And you watch yourself repeating the same habit over and over again.

Maybe it's every night or every weekend.

Whatever it looks like for you, you watch yourself and it feels like you're kind of,

you know, in that movie Groundhog's Day.

It's like the same thing keeps playing out over and over.

And you can see that it's not serving you.

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