You are listening to the Take a Break podcast with Rachel Hart, episode 30.

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 is your host, Rachel Hart.

Hey guys, how are you? How is your day going? Listen, we are going to start off today's episode

by doing things a little differently. I want to start out with an exercise.

So pause for a second and try to think about your happiest memory.

It can be anything. It can be the moment that you walk down the aisle. It can be the birth

of your child. It can be when you got your acceptance letter into college or you got news

that you got the job you really wanted. Or it can even just be a really perfect memory

that you have of spending time with the people that you love most in the world.

But think of that memory.

Okay, so do you have one in mind?

I really want you to take yourself back to that moment. Really see yourself there.

Really imagine what was happening around you. Get into it.

Now I bet maybe a little smile crept across your face, right?

Isn't it interesting? How just thinking about a happy memory can produce an emotion?

Does that sound familiar? So for me, when I do this exercise, I think about my wedding.

I got married last October and I will tell you it was so much fun. It really was.

And I never really spent much time dreaming about my wedding or thinking about my wedding day.

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