You are listening to the Take a Break podcast with Rachel Hart episode 41.

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 doing today? How's your day going? Now listen.

Since I know you're listening to the podcast right now, you're probably alone.

And that's what we're talking about today. Being alone.

Now my first question for you is this, do you like to be alone?

Do you like to spend time just with yourself? And I'm not talking about being by yourself

and listening to the podcast or being by yourself and watching TV or on your phone.

I'm talking about time by yourself with no distractions, no TV, no cell phone, no computer,

no radio, no books, no magazines, no candy crush, no social media, nothing.

Right? This is a really important question for you to answer. Do you like to be alone with yourself?

I will tell you that the more I work with people to help them change their drinking,

the more I understand just how powerful the ability to be alone with yourself figures into,

the ability to change the habit of drinking. It's such an important component.

And I will tell you that personally, I've watched this with myself as well.

I've seen how developing and honing my own ability to be alone with myself has radically transformed my life.

So this is what we're going to talk about today. What being alone really means,

why it is a problem for some of you to be alone just by yourself with no distractions,

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