460: I'll be good tomorrow [Thought Swap]
Take a Break from Drinking
Rachel Hart
4.9 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 17 March 2026
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
Have you ever caught yourself saying, "I'll be good tomorrow"?
It sounds hopeful in the moment, like you still have everything under control. Another drink tonight is fine because tomorrow you'll finally get it together. But that promise to your future self can quietly keep you stuck in the same pattern.
Listen in this week to discover why the excuse "I'll be good tomorrow" feels so convincing and why it rarely leads to real change. You'll learn why tomorrow isn't where change happens, how this excuse helps you avoid uncomfortable feelings, and how small shifts in how you respond to urges can start changing your relationship with alcohol today.
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| 0:00.0 | Have you ever caught yourself thinking, I'll be good tomorrow. I used to say this to myself all the time. I justify another drink with the promise of being good in the future. And in the moment, it felt reassuring like I was still in control because tomorrow I'd get it together. This is episode 460, and I'm going to give you three ways to challenge the excuse. |
| 0:21.0 | I'll be good tomorrow so that you can stop pushing change into the future and start making |
| 0:26.3 | it happen right now. |
| 0:28.6 | Whether you want to drink less or stop drinking, this podcast will help you change the |
| 0:33.6 | habit from the inside out. |
| 0:35.8 | We're challenging conventional wisdom about why |
| 0:38.3 | people drink and why it can be hard to resist temptation no labels no judgment |
| 0:44.3 | just practical tools to take control of your desire and stop worrying about |
| 0:49.0 | your drinking now here's your host, Rachel Hart. |
| 1:02.0 | All right, today we are doing another thought swap episode and we're tackling a really common excuse. |
| 1:03.0 | It sounds so hopeful on the surface, but actually keeps people stuck. |
| 1:08.6 | The excuses, I'll be good tomorrow. |
| 1:13.4 | You've probably heard this in your own head before. I used to hear it all the time. I'd order another round at the bar promising, |
| 1:19.1 | I'll be good tomorrow. I'd keep eating the chips when I wasn't really hungry, telling myself |
| 1:24.7 | the same thing. I'll be good tomorrow. I'd do this with money too. I'd spend |
| 1:28.9 | money that I didn't have because you guessed it, I'll be good tomorrow. It sounds optimistic. |
| 1:35.3 | It sounds like you really believe in yourself. But the problem is that this version of optimism |
| 1:40.9 | is actually a kind of magical thinking. It assumes tomorrow's version of you |
| 1:45.8 | will somehow be different without doing anything different right now. And the truth is, |
| 1:51.2 | you're not going to show up differently tomorrow unless you start practicing showing up |
| 1:56.5 | differently the moment the urge appears, not tomorrow right now. |
| 2:01.9 | So when you hear yourself saying, I'll be good tomorrow, what's really happening is that |
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