328: Revisiting: Urge Work

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

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🗓️ 2 May 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Understanding how and why urges exist enables you to address them with clarity and create ease and levity in your relationship with alcohol.

This week, discover why your urge is not the enemy, how to eliminate the power they hold over you, and how to confront your urges without fear.

Get full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/328

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Take a Break podcast with Rachel Hart, episode 328.
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.
0:36.0	Welcome back everybody. I was teaching a workshop inside the membership a couple weeks ago.
0:42.0	It was all about controlling your urges.
0:45.0	And I was thinking about wanting to share some of it with all of you.
0:51.0	I love teaching all about urges.
0:55.0	I love talking all about urges. I think it's totally fascinating.
0:58.0	But one of the reasons I love teaching people about their urges, the urge to drink, the urge to eat, the urge to buy something, the urge to keep scrolling through your phone,
1:07.0	the reason I love it is because I think it's such a misunderstood subject.
1:12.0	And it's misunderstood and at the same time it's so appealing.
1:18.0	Right? Just listen to me talk about, hey, let's talk about controlling your urges, let's talk about controlling the urge to drink.
1:25.0	You know, I heard that for the first time and I was like, yeah, that sounds awesome.
1:29.0	That would solve all my problems. I just need to learn how to control it.
1:34.0	But the problem is that when most people think about controlling urges, they aren't actually thinking of control.
1:44.0	They have it backwards. When they're thinking about controlling urges, they're thinking about, yeah, let's eliminate them.
1:51.0	Right? I just want those urges to be gone. I don't want to feel the urge ahead of time.
1:55.0	I don't want to have to worry about it while I'm getting ready for the party or I'm heading to the restaurant.
1:59.0	I don't want it to show up unexpectedly. I'm minding my business going through my day and all of a sudden it's like, ooh, a drink would be nice.
2:07.0	I don't want it to interrupt what I'm doing. I don't want the urge for more to appear.
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