314: Should I Get Rid of Alcohol in My House When I’m Trying Not to Drink?
Take a Break from Drinking
Rachel Hart
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 24 January 2023
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
If you’re trying to stop drinking or drink less, it might seem like a great idea to get rid of all the alcohol in your house. However, as you’ll learn in this episode, removing temptation doesn’t magically fix your habit. Find out what getting rid of the alcohol in your house implies and where to channel your efforts instead.
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to the Take a Break podcast with Rachel Hart episode 314. |
| 0:07.0 | Whether you want to drink less or stop drinking, this podcast will help you change the habit from the inside out. |
| 0:14.0 | 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. |
| 0:35.0 | Hey everybody, I'm going to answer a question today that I get all the time. |
| 0:40.0 | I'm actually getting it a lot right now inside the membership because so many people are doing the January reset. |
| 0:47.0 | And that question is, if I'm taking a break from drinking, should I get rid of the alcohol in my house? |
| 0:54.0 | Now I want to really explain my position on this and explain what I recommend for people to do because my position is very different from conventional wisdom. |
| 1:05.0 | I will tell you on the face of it, it seems like a really good idea, right? |
| 1:08.0 | Like, okay, you want to take a break from drinking. You want to be successful. So let's just remove all the temptation. |
| 1:14.0 | Let's not come home every day and have all this temptation in the liquor cabinet or in the fridge. It's just going to make saying no that much harder. |
| 1:26.0 | Let's just pour it down the drain. |
| 1:28.0 | So it makes sense on the surface. |
| 1:31.0 | That's what conventional wisdom really tells us. |
| 1:34.0 | Now don't play with fire, don't tempt yourself. If you want to succeed and you feel compulsive, not just around alcohol, but around anything, it could be sugar. |
| 1:46.0 | It could be your phone. Then the solution is just move it away from you and get as far away from you as possible. |
| 1:54.0 | So I think that there are a couple of landmines that are actually hidden in this advice. |
| 1:59.0 | I want to help you understand what they are so that you can make a decision that's right for you. |
| 2:04.0 | So the most important thing, and you will hear me talk about this all the time on the podcast, is that alcohol just sits there. |
| 2:11.0 | It doesn't tempt you. It doesn't say anything. That is the entire premise of what I am teaching. |
| 2:17.0 | Your body does not make a move toward a drink without something unfolding in your mind first. |
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