You are listening to the Take a Break podcast with Rachel Hart episode 306.

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 everyone, welcome back to part 2.

This is the second part in a two part series on how to drink less during the holidays.

Part 1 was all about why the holidays can become a free for all, why they become the perfect storm that sets us up to drink more.

And this episode part 2 is all about simple things you can do to set yourself up for success.

Now we're going to be doing this work inside the Take a Break membership throughout the entire month of December.

So if you want to work with me on everything that I'm teaching today, this is the perfect time.

By the way, also when you join for December, you're going to get a 20 page ebook on hacks to drink less.

I'm going to go through four hacks, but there's like 25 more of them in this ebook and you're going to be able to take part in five workshops we're doing in December.

I'm going to be leading workshops on mastering the holidays, drinking less at holiday parties, drinking less when dealing with holiday stress, drinking less around family.

We know that's a big trigger and drinking less when you have the holiday blues.

Okay, so today though what I'm going to cover are four simple things that you can start practicing right now.

You can practice them through the entire month of December and they're going to help you drink less.

Again, these hacks work best when they aren't done in isolation. What do I mean by that?

So often when people try out a hack, they do it kind of with blinders on.

So outside of the context of drinking, you've probably heard of a hack like, hey, if you want to, you know, work out more,

put your workout clothes next to your bed and you'll be more likely to go to the gym.

Okay, that's all fine and well.

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