349: Why It’s a Good Thing Water Is Boring

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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🗓️ 26 September 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

When all you want is a glass of wine, a cold beer, or a cocktail, water can feel boring. No matter how you dress it up, it can leave you feeling resentful, disinterested, and wanting an alcoholic drink.

This week, learn why water is not the problem, and how to use a glass of water to reveal what is really driving your habit and relationship with drinking.

Get full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/349

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Take a Break podcast with Rachel Hart, episode 349.
0:06.0	Whether you want to drink less or stop drinking, this podcast will help you change the habit from the inside out.
0:13.0	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.
0:36.0	We are talking about water on this episode, but not in the way that you may expect.
0:41.0	So I know some of you out there love to drink water. I know a lot of you detest it.
0:46.0	I am not here to sell you on how amazing water is for your body or how much better you're going to feel when you cut back an alcohol and start properly hydrating yourself.
0:56.0	This episode is all about using a glass of water to reveal your mind, to reveal how the habit of drinking works.
1:06.0	I always say you can't change what you can't see.
1:10.0	And habits are the domain of your unconscious mind, which means a lot of the things driving your desire are currently hidden from you, at least at first.
1:20.0	Our work is to really reveal what's going on.
1:23.0	And when something about your drinking feels off, the tendency is to focus on the quantity and the frequency, how much, how often am I drinking?
1:32.0	And that's fine.
1:33.0	But quantity and frequency don't just happen. They're driven by your thoughts and feelings.
1:39.0	That's what the think Philax cycle is all about. It may feel like sometimes your drinking just happens, but that's not the case.
1:46.0	And when we use a glass of water to reveal what's going on, we get insight into what is driving the habit.
1:53.0	So here's the thing, when you're trying to change habitual drinking patterns, most people run into the same problem.
1:59.0	You say no to a drink, you choose water, and then you're left staring at your glass with a bit or maybe a lot of resentment.
2:08.0	I often had a lot of resentment.
2:10.0	You know, someone inside take a break the other day was talking about having trouble finding a non-alcoholic substitute, and they said something that I'm sure a lot of you can relate to.
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