You are listening to the Take a Break podcast with Rachel Hart episode 293.

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, today we are talking about deprivation.

I know this comes up for a lot of you, but specifically what I want to talk about is how to make deprivation work for you.

This is not what most people think.

Most people will think, well, how do I get rid of deprivation?

How do I make it so I never feel deprived, but I want you to consider that deprivation is a normal human emotion.

We're all going to experience it.

And so the challenge really is making it work for you.

If you want to change the habit of drinking, if you want to change your relationship with alcohol, if you want to learn how to drink less or to stop drinking,

you cannot skip over this part. And I really hate the idea that is out there in the world of, well, if this is something you struggle with,

you're just going to have to learn to live with feeling deprived.

I think that that's crap.

I don't think that we should be in a place of feeling like we're always missing out or suffering for our health.

But that doesn't mean that I think that deprivation needs to be gotten rid of.

What I want you to consider is that you can start to make it work for you.

You can start to consider deprivation in a different way.

Now, if you listen to the podcast, you will hear me talk about the Think Feel Act cycle.

And the point of the Think Feel Act cycle is to really help you see that your drinking doesn't just happen.

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