48: How Questions Work in Your Brain

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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🗓️ 19 December 2017

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

On this episode, we explore how you use questions – a huge part of the chatter that goes on in your mind – to keep yourselves stuck and unable to change your drinking habits. We look at what happens in your brain when you pose questions to yourself and why the odds are stacked against you.

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Take a Break podcast with Rachel Hart episode 48.
0:06.0	Whether you want to drink less or stop drinking, this podcast will help you change the habit from the inside out.
0:13.0	We're challenging conventional wisdom about why people drink and why it can be hard to resist temptation.
0:20.0	No labels, no judgment, just practical tools to take control of your desire and stop worrying about your drinking.
0:28.0	Now here's your host, Rachel Hart.
0:36.0	Hey guys, we are going to talk about questions today.
0:40.0	Now, you may be thinking how do questions connect, how do questions matter when it comes to changing habits, but I want to tell you this.
0:49.0	They are such, such a powerful piece that I will tell you is so often overlooked.
0:55.0	The fact of the matter is, is that you and me and everyone, all of us, we are asking ourselves questions all day long.
1:06.0	Questions like, what should I wear? What do I want to eat? What time do we have to be there? When can I leave?
1:13.0	How much longer is this line going to take? Why is traffic so backed up? How will I ever finish this project?
1:19.0	What are they going to think of this presentation? Why is she acting this way? Who left this mess in the kitchen?
1:25.0	Questions are a part of our mental chatter.
1:29.0	We have tens of thousands of thoughts running through our mind every day and a large portion of those thoughts start with questions.
1:39.0	And it makes sense, right? Because we're always trying to understand the world around us.
1:45.0	We're always trying to understand our environment and who we are. Humans are inquisitive. We are inquisitive by nature.
1:52.0	We have a drive to understand the world around us.
1:56.0	We have a drive to understand why things work the way they do and asking a question.
2:03.0	When you think about it, it's the very first step in the scientific method.
2:07.0	Questions are the starting point for millions of inventions and discoveries and innovations.
2:14.0	I like to think about it this way, right? Some early human being, 5,000 years ago in the middle of the Bronze Age,
2:22.0	that they didn't know was the Bronze Age, right? They thought to themselves,
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