You are listening to the Take a Break podcast with Rachel Hart episode 317

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

Welcome back everyone today we are talking about a skill that you have to master

It's so important to work on the skill if you want to change your relationship with alcohol

Whatever that means for you if you want to drink less if you want to feel more in control

If you want to stop drinking whatever your goal is you cannot skip over the skill and we talk a lot on the podcast about

Understanding the think feel like cycle and learning how to respond differently to your urges

But this is something a little different today because the skill that I want to talk to you about is

To stop thinking that you know how change is supposed to unfold

It's so important that you drop

Believing that you have this crystal ball and knowing the right way

For you to go about change. This is something that I work on with people all the time

When they join the membership especially once they start doing the 30-day challenge

Because we all start out especially when we're embarking on a challenge

We all start out with this idea of how it's supposed to unfold and for most people

That idea is pretty similar

I'm supposed to be perfect. I'm not supposed to slip up. I'm not supposed to make any mistakes and

It really shouldn't be that hard. Yes, I'm a worried that it might be hard

But really it shouldn't be a struggle. It should be easy

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