348: Drinking to Elevate the Situation

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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🗓️ 19 September 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Do celebrations like birthdays and anniversaries feel more special with a drink in hand? Do you think that cooking dinner or watching a sunset can be even better with a drink?

This week, learn how to teach your brain that toasting with a drink isn’t the only way to make a situation feel special and how to recalibrate your reward center to seek pleasure from other sources.

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Take-A-Break podcast with Rachel Hart episode 348.
0:06.6	Whether you want to drink less or stop drinking,
0:09.2	this podcast will help you change the habit from the inside out.
0:13.4	We're challenging conventional wisdom about why people drink
0:16.9	and why it can be hard to resist temptation.
0:19.9	No labels, no judgment, just practical tools to take control of your desire
0:25.2	and stop worrying about your drinking.
0:27.9	Now, here's your host, Rachel Hart.
0:35.2	All right, everybody.
0:35.9	We're going to be talking about when the drink elevates your experience.
0:41.0	So I'm talking about this today because I really see it as
0:44.9	one of the hardest challenges people face when they're trying to change
0:49.2	the relationship with alcohol.
0:51.0	They run kind of into these moments, whether it's birthdays
0:54.4	or anniversaries or vacations or fancy dinners.
0:57.8	And you may have a lot of good reasons to want to cut back or to stop drinking.
1:03.6	But in these moments, right, that birthday is on the horizon.
1:08.3	You're headed on vacation.
1:09.9	You may find yourself returning to the same thought.
1:14.0	But how am I going to celebrate without a drink?
1:17.4	And the fact of the matter is humans have used alcohol for thousands of years
1:22.0	to mark special occasions.
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