446: I might as well drink because you only live once [Thought Swap]
Take a Break from Drinking
Rachel Hart
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🗓️ 9 December 2025
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Have you ever caught yourself saying "You only live once!" as you reach for another drink?
The "you only live once" excuse often gets connected to alcohol in our minds, especially when you're seeking a more fun, adventurous, or unfiltered version of yourself. The challenge is that when your brain links the life you want to lead with drinking, trying to cut back can feel like saying no to being fully yourself or being all in on the experience of life.
Tune in this week to discover how to access your wild or bold side without needing a drink as permission, and 3 powerful thought swaps that help you keep that "you only live once" vibe while decoupling it from needing a drink.
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| 0:00.0 | How many times have you said yes to the drink or yes to another round because you only live once? |
| 0:06.3 | I used to use this excuse all the time. It was a party, a vacation, the holidays, a friend was |
| 0:11.9 | visiting from out of town. I liked the feeling of you only live once. It felt bold and fun and a little |
| 0:20.1 | rebellious. Like I was tapping into this bigger, |
| 0:23.3 | more exciting version of my life. This is episode 446, and I'm giving you ideas for how to start |
| 0:29.6 | questioning the excuse you only live once without trying to talk yourself out of having the |
| 0:34.8 | drink because you're going to regret it tomorrow. Because you and I both know when you're in that YOLO energy, how you feel tomorrow is not all that |
| 0:42.9 | compelling. |
| 0:45.0 | Whether you want to drink less or stop drinking, this podcast will help you change the habit |
| 0:50.2 | from the inside out. |
| 0:52.1 | We're challenging conventional wisdom about why people drink and why it can |
| 0:56.4 | be hard to resist temptation. No labels, no judgment, just practical tools to take control of your |
| 1:03.3 | desire and stop worrying about your drinking. Now here's your host, Rachel Hart. |
| 1:17.9 | Today I'm giving you some thought swaps, ideas for how to start poking holes in the excuse. |
| 1:18.6 | I might as well have the drink. |
| 1:20.0 | I might as well have another round because you only live once. |
| 1:23.5 | Now, if you're doubtful that anything can deter you when you are in that energy of you only |
| 1:28.9 | live once, I get it. Because the only advice I ever found was to focus on how you would feel |
| 1:36.4 | the next day, how you would sleep better and wake up without a hangover and you'd have fewer |
| 1:41.7 | regrets about what you did and said, which, you know, |
| 1:44.7 | is all fine and good. But it's not very convincing when the whole point of you only live once |
| 1:51.0 | is not caring about tomorrow and focusing on the here and now and feeling good right now. |
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