308: Believing in Your Ability to Change

Take a Break from Drinking

Rachel Hart

Alcohol, Lifecoach, Alcoholicsanonymous, Self-improvement, Hungover, Society & Culture, Smartrecovery, Drinking, Cognitivebehavioraltherapy, Education, Cbt, 12steps, Sobriety, Drunk, Recovery, Personal Journals

4.8 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2022

⏱️ 15 minutes

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You are 100 percent capable of changing your drinking habit, but first, you have to believe it’s possible. This week, learn how to start developing that belief in your ability to change.

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Take a Break podcast with Rachel Hart, episode 308.
0:06.0	Whether you want to drink less or stop drinking, this podcast will help you change the habit from the inside out.
0:13.0	We're challenging conventional wisdom about why people drink and why it can be hard to resist temptation.
0:20.0	No labels, no judgment, just practical tools to take control of your desire and stop worrying about your drinking.
0:28.0	Now here's your host, Rachel Hart.
0:36.0	Welcome back everybody. Today I am talking about believing in your ability to change.
0:44.0	This is really the idea of giving yourself the gift of a new thought.
0:52.0	Now I get this question a lot. People will say, Rachel, do you really think that anybody can change their relationship with alcohol?
1:00.0	And my answer is yes, anyone. It doesn't matter who you are, it doesn't matter your age or how long you've been drinking or how much you are drinking.
1:10.0	You can change, period. Full stop. This is possible. And I will tell you sometimes this freaks people out.
1:19.0	People will tell me, like I don't know if that's true. I think you might be giving some people false hope.
1:24.0	Some people are really beyond the pale. And I will tell you I really disagree.
1:28.0	I believe that people have an unending ability to change if they are given the tools.
1:37.0	If they are taught how their brain works, how the thing feel like cycle works, how habits are formed.
1:45.0	If they are really helped to understand that nothing they do, their drinking doesn't just happen.
1:52.0	It's connected to a thought and a feeling. And you can learn how to interrupt these patterns.
1:58.0	You can learn how to shift your thoughts in a believable way. I'm not talking about positive thinking and rainbows and unicorns.
2:06.0	I'm talking about learning how to shift your beliefs in a way that actually feels believable for you.
2:14.0	I don't think that we give people these kinds of tools. I think what we do is we hand out a lot of rules.
2:19.0	We say, you know what, if you struggle, if you don't know how to naturally moderate, it means you have a problem.
2:25.0	And you should never drink again. And we heap on a whole boatload of shame with all of this.
2:32.0	But when you start to teach yourself that all you need are the tools.
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