321: Why Your Commitment Falls Apart

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

🗓️ 14 March 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

No one’s perfect, and even if you don’t intend to drink during your break, it’s likely that you will. Learn why your commitment to drinking less never seems to last, and how preparing for your commitment in the lead-up changes everything on your break.

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Take a Break podcast with Rachel Hart episode 321.
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	All right everybody, welcome back. We are going to be talking about commitment.
0:40.0	I'm going to be doing a real deep dive into commitment and how to understand what's going on when you break your commitment over the next couple episodes.
0:53.0	I think this piece is so important.
0:57.0	It's so important if you want to change your relationship with alcohol and it is the place that most people spend the least amount of time actually examining and dissecting.
1:10.0	We spend a lot of time beating ourselves up.
1:12.0	We spend a lot of time deciding that our ability to follow through is some sort of, you know, character flaw or something built into our personality.
1:22.0	Like I'm just not someone who's good at keeping commitments.
1:26.0	We spend a lot of time judging and not a lot of time getting curious.
1:31.0	And so that's what we're going to start the process of today developing this curiosity.
1:37.0	Now I will tell you, when people join the membership and start doing this work, one of the things that they will do to practice the tools is start a 30 day challenge.
1:50.0	So 30 days of not drinking.
1:53.0	Now this is very different from a lot of other challenges out there because it is very focused on how do you keep going?
2:05.0	What happens if you break your commitment? What happens if you slip up?
2:12.0	Most people will not be perfect.
2:16.0	Most people will have a moment during those 30 days where they will say yes, they will give in.
2:24.0	Now that does not mean that they failed.
2:26.0	In fact, such a huge piece of what I'm trying to show people is that these moments are incredibly important to understand and dissect and build awareness about if you want to change the habit.
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