You are listening to the Take a Break Podcast with Rachel Hart episode 304.

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.

Alright, my friends, it has been a while since I have talked about your to-do list on the podcast.

Now, I talk about this all the time inside the Take a Break membership because so often what I see

is that people develop the habit.

We start seeking out and craving a reward in response to this kind of go, go, go, non-stop

doing things all day long.

So feeling like you're constantly on the go, yet somehow you're always behind

and you're always wishing that you had more time.

It is not enough to say, I want to change my relationship with alcohol.

And so I just have to double down on willpower. I just have to keep my commitment and say no.

It doesn't work like that. You have to really understand what is feeding the habit.

And sometimes what you will discover is that it's not your favorite drink that's feeding the habit.

What's feeding the habit is your desire to rest, your desire to stop working,

your desire to just have a signal. You know what? I'm off the clock. My day is done.

And so I want to talk about that today because I talk about it all the time when I'm working with people

but I don't necessarily talk about it a lot on the podcast.

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