423: Explaining Overdrinking

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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🗓️ 20 May 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever woken up after drinking too much and immediately thought either, “I f*cked up” or “I must be f*cked up?” These two seemingly similar thoughts actually reveal deep-rooted societal beliefs about drinking problems that might be keeping you stuck.

It doesn't matter your age, gender, education level, or socioeconomic status – these thoughts show up consistently and create major roadblocks to changing your drinking habits.

In this episode, you’ll learn where these thoughts come from, why they're so harmful, and what you need to understand instead. This line of thinking leads to shame and self-blame that make lasting change nearly impossible, and it’s time to break free from this vicious cycle of pathologizing your behavior around alcohol.

Find a personalized approach that helps you change your habit in my new book, The Ultimate Guide to Drinking Less, here: https://rachelhart.com/guide/

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0:00.0	When you wake up after drinking too much and you immediately regret what happened,
0:05.9	what is your first thought? What I have found is that pretty much everyone shares the same
0:11.7	version of two very similar but very different thoughts. In this episode 423, I'm explaining
0:19.5	what those thoughts are, where they actually come from,
0:24.1	and why they are such a problem when it comes to changing your relationship with alcohol.
0:29.9	Whether you want to drink less or stop drinking, this podcast will help you change the
0:34.8	habit from the inside out. We're challenging conventional wisdom about why people drink and why it can be hard to resist temptation.
0:43.6	No labels, no judgment, just practical tools to take control of your desire and stop worrying about your drinking.
0:51.4	Now here's your host, Rachel Hart.
0:58.5	Thank you. about your drinking. Now, here's your host, Rachel Hart. Okay, so I'm talking today about a pattern that I've noticed in basically everyone I've ever
1:04.4	worked with. It does not matter how old you are. It doesn't matter where you're from or your
1:08.5	gender or how far you got in school. It doesn't matter your socioeconomic from or your gender or how far you got in school.
1:12.9	It doesn't matter your socioeconomic status.
1:18.5	I have been coaching people on their drinking and their relationship with alcohol for almost a decade.
1:27.0	And I will tell you that across the board, the same version of this pattern always shows up. And it always gets in the way of attempts to change
1:31.1	and to drink less or to stop drinking. And this pattern is a huge part of why you are stuck
1:40.1	right now. So it's really important that you understand it, you understand what it looks like,
1:46.1	where it comes from, and what you need to do instead. So here's what this pattern looks like.
1:54.3	After drinking too much and then waking up and wishing that you hadn't had that much to drink,
2:02.0	you will consciously or unconsciously think one of two thoughts about why it happened.
2:09.5	And many of you will think both of these thoughts.
2:13.9	And these thoughts are, one, I fucked up. That's thought number one.
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