You are listening to the Take a Break podcast with Rachel Hart, episode 38.

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.

Hey everybody, how are you?

I'm doing great.

And today we are talking about relationships.

This is a good topic to get into.

I will tell you that one of the things that I hear a lot from people is, you know, I really want to change this habit.

I really want to change my drinking, but certain people in my life, certain relationships, they're making it so difficult.

They're really just an obstacle to change.

They're an obstacle to my success.

Maybe my husband isn't supporting me or I'm from a family of big drinkers.

And when I'm around them, it's so tempting to join in or my best friend keeps saying, she doesn't want me to change.

She says that I'm no fun when I'm not drinking.

Or my mom is just stressing me out, just driving me crazy and I need relief.

I will tell you, I get this.

If you are thinking any of these things, I understand where you are coming from because for so long, I also saw people in my life as obstacles when it came to changing my drinking.

I'll tell you, I have one, I have one really vivid memory of this time in my twenties when

I actually decided that I was going to go on a three week cleanse, one of these elimination diets.

And of course, one of the things that I was eliminating among many, many types of food was also alcohol.

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