You are listening to the Take-A-Break podcast with Rachel Hart episode 287.

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, my friends. We are talking about something that comes up all the time

inside of my membership. I work with people on this topic all the time

and it's drinking to relax. And I will tell you this.

When people first start out doing this work,

there's a lot of resistance to the idea that like,

well, I mean, why is it so wrong to relax with a glass of wine?

Why is it so wrong to relax with a beer or a cocktail?

What's the problem with that?

And I'm going to tell you, it's not so wrong.

There is no problem with that.

But what I see happen over and over again,

and this happened in my life, this happens with so many of the people who I work with,

when they're saying that like, hey, what's so wrong,

when we start to unpack what it really looks like in their life,

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