432: I Know It’s Not Good for Me but I Love the Taste

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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🗓️ 5 August 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

The shame spiral around drinking often starts with something that seems completely logical. You know alcohol isn't serving you, yet you still genuinely enjoy it. This creates a mental tug-of-war where you're constantly battling against your own desires, telling yourself you shouldn't want what you clearly do want.

Most people spend years stuck in this exhausting cycle, believing that if they just feel bad enough about their cravings, they'll finally change. The solution here isn't about convincing yourself not to like something. It’s about uncovering the deeper reasons behind your desire.

Tune in this week to discover how treating your cravings with curiosity instead of judgment opens up a completely different path forward. You’ll learn why trying to talk yourself out of liking alcohol actually keeps you stuck, and what happens when you flip the script entirely.

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	Have you ever said to yourself, I just really love the taste of my favorite drink and then
0:05.4	wondered how on earth you're supposed to stop wanting something that you enjoy so much?
0:11.5	If so, you're not alone. This is episode 432 and I'll show you why trying to talk yourself
0:17.8	out of liking alcohol might actually be keeping you stuck and what to do instead.
0:24.1	Whether you want to drink less or stop drinking, this podcast will help you change the habit
0:29.5	from the inside out. We're challenging conventional wisdom about why people drink and why it can be
0:35.8	hard to resist temptation.
0:43.7	No labels, no judgment, just practical tools to take control of your desire and stop worrying about your drinking.
0:45.7	Now here's your host, Rachel Hart.
0:52.8	Today we are tackling a question that I get all of the time.
0:57.1	People will say, Rachel, I know that my drinking is causing problems.
1:01.0	I know that it's not great for my health or my sleep or my goals, but I still really love the taste.
1:06.6	How do you get around that?
1:08.5	Now, if you've wondered the same thing, and my guess is you probably have, I want you to know that you are in good company.
1:16.1	I also want to explain why so many people get stuck here.
1:20.2	And I will start out by saying that the traditional approach that we have been taught around behavior change is to focus on the downsides of a behavior.
1:31.9	So when it comes to your drinking, that means focusing on all of the negative consequences from
1:37.9	drinking too much, how it's harming your body, maybe the extra calories and the weight gain,
1:43.5	or the effects that it has on your relationships, or the extra calories and the weight gain, or the effects that it has on your
1:45.6	relationships, or the decisions that you come to later regret. In other words, we're told to
1:51.8	focus on why you don't want to do it and really try to convince ourselves that the desire we have just doesn't make sense.
2:03.2	And I will tell you, I get why most approaches start from this place.
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