You are listening to the Take-A-Break Podcast with Rachel Hart, episode 96.

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 doing? I'm doing really well. I'm having a really good morning, even though my baby did not sleep through the night.

No, he did not. But that's okay. I'm doing really well.

So I want to talk to you guys today before we dive into this episode's topic, which is all about what you really think about drinking.

And let me tell you, this is a really important thing for you to understand.

But before we dive into that, I want to tell you about a new program that I am launching in 2019.

It's a program called in pursuit and it is an intensive year long coaching program for clients.

I will tell you, it has been my dream to work on this deeper, more intense level because taking a break from drinking is one thing.

Changing the habit, changing your desire, that is a huge first step, but it's just the first step.

Because once you are no longer cleaning up from the night before, once you are no longer at a place where you're constantly looking backwards and constantly regretting what you did or what you said or wondering if you're ever going to figure this out,

you can really start looking forward. You can start going in pursuit of the life that you want.

And I have to tell you that when this was me, I was really unsure of how to do that.

I knew that I wanted to desire more out of life than a drink at the end of the day or looking forward to Friday so that I could go to the bar with my friends.

But I didn't know how and I know that sounds kind of weird to say, but I had taught my brain to be so focused on desiring immediate gratification that I didn't know how to desire what I really wanted.

And I didn't certainly didn't know how to go after those things.

So I didn't know how to get the career that would fulfill me or a relationship that was a true partnership and not me just saying yes all the time and people pleasing.

I didn't know how to start having a body that I loved and that I always loved regardless of the number on the scale.

I didn't know how to have fantastic sex. I didn't know how to be a woman who wasn't afraid to put herself out there and take risks and make mistakes and dream big.

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