You are listening to the Take-A-Break podcast with Rachel Hart episode 343.

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.

All right, everybody. Welcome back. We're going to be talking today about when drinking is easy.

When drinking is easy, I know a lot of you can relate to this idea I was coaching someone on this very topic recently,

and they were talking about everything that was going on in their life, all of their stress, and they had a lot.

They had a lot of things going on, and they said to me, you know what, in a perfect world, I would get more rest.

I would get some help, but that's not possible right now.

And when I'm dealing with everything that's going on in my life, it's just easier to pour a drink.

And I heard them say this, and I was like, yep, I have had that thought before.

I can relate, and I know a lot of you can relate as well for so many of us, pouring a glass of wine, fixing a drink, cracking open a beer,

at the end of the day, this is how we unwind from all the stress, and that's not bad.

This is not about telling you that you're doing something bad, this is not about shaming you, you know, and like smack on the hand,

you're doing something wrong.

This is about helping you, if you have noticed yourself, have this thought.

It's just easier to have a drink. If you've noticed yourself reaching for a drink more often, when you feel stressed,

if you've noticed an uptick in your drinking that maybe you don't feel totally comfortable with,

I want to help you explore this thought, I want to help you really understand what happens,

because what we're always trying to do here is not just examine how much you're drinking,

but examine why it is happening.

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