71: Story Editing

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

4.8 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2018

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

On this episode, we take a look at what a story and anyone’s past really is. I also share an exercise that will help you shake free of the stories that you’re telling yourself that are creating negative results for you right now to help you stop spending a lot of time and energy wishing that you could go back and change your past to feel better.

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Take a Break podcast with Rachel Hart, episode 71.
0:07.0	Whether you want to drink less or stop drinking, this podcast will help you change the habit from the inside out.
0:14.0	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.
0:35.0	Hey everybody, we are talking about one of my very favorite techniques today.
0:42.0	It is one that I have used multiple times in my life.
0:47.0	I love teaching it to clients and I think it is so incredibly transformative.
0:53.0	It is called story editing.
0:56.0	And let me tell you, if you learn one tool, this one can make such a tremendous difference.
1:05.0	Now, here's why.
1:07.0	For so many of you, myself included, when you drink more than you want, when you have a habit of drinking that is not serving you,
1:21.0	what will often happen is that you'll start to make change.
1:26.0	You'll start to take action to take steps to feel better.
1:30.0	You may decide to take a break so that you can really understand how this habit is working.
1:36.0	You may start to decide you want to apply the think-fill act cycle and understand how your emotions and your thoughts are connected to the action of drinking.
1:47.0	And a lot of people, myself included, get to a place where you start feeling a lot better.
1:52.0	You start being so surprised at all the things you can do that you thought before like,
1:59.0	that will never be possible.
2:01.0	I'll never have fun at a wedding if I'm not drinking.
2:04.0	I'll never be able to go out on dates.
2:07.0	If I don't have a glass of wine, I'll never be able to feel comfortable.
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