You are listening to the Take a Break podcast with Rachel Hart episode 49.

Whether you want to drink less or stop drinking, this podcast will help you change the habit from the inside out.

We're challenging conventional wisdom about why people drink and why it can be hard to resist temptation.

No labels, no judgment, just practical tools to take control of your desire and stop worrying about your drinking.

Now here's your host Rachel Hart.

Hey everybody, how are you? It's almost the end of the year. It's almost 2018. I'm so excited.

Alright, so today I'm going to tell you a story that I cannot get out of my mind. I read it a couple months ago and I just keep thinking about it.

And I've debated sharing it with you guys because it has a tiny bit of an egg factor.

And I'm really sensitive to anything gross.

But the fact that I can't stop thinking about this story, I think is reason enough to share it.

And I really do believe that it is the perfect illustration of what I see so many of you doing.

So I promise I'm going to share just the basic details so you can get the gist of what happened.

I'm going to make this as not gross as possible.

So here's a story.

There was a woman in the UK who went in for routine cataract surgery.

Now cataract surgery is pretty common. We all have a natural lens in our eye and that lens is clear.

But over time the lens of the eye can become cloudy, which is called a cataract.

So obviously if the lens is cloudy, you're not going to be able to see very clearly.

And the condition can worsen over time. So a doctor may suggest that you have surgery to replace the natural lens on your eye with an artificial one.

It's pretty straightforward.

So this woman in the UK goes in for routine cataract surgery.

In other than experiencing cloudy vision, she does not complain to her doctors about any other symptoms in her eye.

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