359: The Upgrade Archetype

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

🗓️ 4 December 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

The Drink Archetypes are eight unconscious patterns that influence why you drink. On this episode, we’ll do a deep dive into The Upgrade archetype and why it can make saying no tricky.

The Upgrade archetype comes from the idea that certain things are better with a drink. Wine elevates the meal. Get-togethers feel more special with alcohol. Even watching the sunset is better with a drink.

But associating alcohol with enjoying “the finer things in life” has its downsides. Take alcohol away, and suddenly everything is a little less enticing. Drinking can feel like a foregone conclusion rather than a deliberate choice. After all, who wants things to feel less special?

Discover how The Upgrade archetype can steal your capacity for enjoyment. Learn how to stop feeling like you're missing out when you say no. Understanding this archetype will teach you how to access more pleasure in life.

Get full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/359

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	You are listening to the Take a Break Podcast with Rachel Heart episode 359.
0:05.0	Whether you want to drink less or stop drinking, this podcast will help you change the habit from the inside out. We're challenging
0:14.2	conventional wisdom about why people drink and why it can be hard to resist
0:18.6	temptation. No labels, no judgment, just practical tools to take control of your desire and stop worrying about your
0:26.8	drinking.
0:27.8	Now here's your host Rachel Hart. All right, everybody, welcome back. I am so excited for today's episode. Last week,
0:41.0	on the podcast, I introduced a totally new concept called the drink
0:45.7	archetypes. I'm so excited about it. So the drink archetypes are eight
0:50.3	unconscious patterns that influence why you drink and why you reach for
0:55.8	another and they're so important for you to understand if you want to change
1:01.4	the habit. So today we we're going to do a deep dive
1:05.0	into one of the archetypes called the upgrade.
1:08.5	Now, just as a reminder, it's so important
1:12.2	that you understand the drink
1:14.6	archetypes that influence you because I will tell you this it does not matter
1:18.9	how motivated you are to change or how many good reasons you have to cut back or to stop drinking.
1:25.1	It is going to be very challenging for you to resist temptation or for you to keep your
1:30.4	commitment if you're trying to do this work without this information.
1:36.7	You really need to understand what's happening beneath the surface of the habit and
1:42.4	that's where the drink
1:43.1	archetypes come in. So you need to know which ones influence your own
1:47.9	drinking and, and this piece is really important, once you know which ones are influencing your drinking, you need to
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Rachel Hart, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Rachel Hart and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.