462: I know what to do, I'm just not doing it
Take a Break from Drinking
Rachel Hart
4.9 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 31 March 2026
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
The thought, "I know what to do, I'm just not doing it," feels like an honest assessment, especially when you've read the books, listened to the podcasts, and still aren't where you want to be. But what if this thought is quietly keeping you stuck in the very cycle you're trying to break?
In this episode, we're challenging the belief that you already know what to do when it comes to drinking less because having information isn't the same as knowing how to handle the moment when an urge appears.
Listen in this week to learn why the thought, "I know what to do, I'm just not doing it," creates more shame than progress, how it blocks real problem-solving, and how shifting from blame to curiosity makes it possible to understand what's happening in the moment and start building the skills needed to change your relationship with 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/
Discover alternative approaches to drinking less inside our membership program, Take a Break: https://rachelhart.com/tab/
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| 0:00.0 | I hear people say this all the time about their drinking. They'll say to me, Rachel, I know what to do. I'm just not doing it. And it feels so true. It really in the moment can feel like an honest assessment of your situation. But here's the problem. It's not true. And the more you tell yourself that you know what you should be doing |
| 0:21.7 | in order to drink less or in order not to drink, the more you are going to stay stuck in the very |
| 0:28.2 | cycle that you want to get out of. This is episode 462 and I'm breaking down why this thought |
| 0:34.9 | is not true and what you need to tell yourself instead if you want to make |
| 0:40.2 | headway with drinking less. Whether you want to drink less or stop drinking, this podcast will |
| 0:47.2 | help you change the habit from the inside out. We're challenging conventional wisdom about why |
| 0:52.9 | people drink and why it can be hard to resist temptation. |
| 0:56.9 | No labels, no judgment, just practical tools to take control of your desire and stop worrying about your drinking. |
| 1:04.8 | Now here's your host, Rachel Hart. |
| 1:20.1 | Okay, so I know a lot of you listening consume a lot of content about how to drink less, how not to drink. |
| 1:23.7 | You listen to my podcast, you probably listen to other podcasts. |
| 1:26.1 | Maybe you've read the ultimate guide to drinking less. |
| 1:29.9 | Maybe you follow sober or sober curious accounts on social media. So you're consuming a lot of content, but you're not yet where you want to be |
| 1:36.9 | with your relationship with alcohol. You got the information, but you're not making the progress |
| 1:42.6 | that you want. This place can be so frustrating, but I guarantee |
| 1:48.1 | that at some point in that frustration, you have said to yourself something along the lines of, |
| 1:55.7 | I know what to do. I'm just not doing it. And the reason why I can guarantee that this is true is because I hear some version of it, |
| 2:03.7 | probably every single week when I'm working with people inside take a break. |
| 2:08.0 | It is one of the most common thoughts that I hear. |
| 2:11.6 | It's also a thought that I still hear myself think around certain issues because it doesn't |
| 2:16.5 | just show up with alcohol. It shows up with money. just show up with alcohol. It shows up with |
| 2:19.0 | money. It shows up with food. It shows up with so many things that we want to change when we're not |
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