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Take a Break from Drinking

98: Wanting vs. Committing

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

4.82.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2018

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Listen in as I describe the crucial differences between wanting something to change and committing to making it change. Tons of my clients have been able to change not only their relationship with alcohol, but how they approach all of their goals and dreams. Committing to change may not feel easy in the short run, but it's much easier (and rewarding) in the long run than it is to be trapped in the passive limbo of wanting change.

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0:00.0

You are listening to the Take a Break podcast with Rachel Hart episode 98.

0:06.0

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

0:12.0

from the inside out. We're challenging conventional wisdom about why people drink

0:17.0

and why it can be hard to resist temptation. No labels, no judgment, just practical tools

0:24.0

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

Well, hello everybody. I have to tell you I have been on a real high today.

0:42.0

I have been feeling really, really good because I've been talking with a couple

0:47.0

of my former clients and it has been amazing. So for those of you who don't know,

0:53.0

I had a baby this past summer. So I had a little maternity leave and now I'm back

1:00.0

and I'm reconnecting with some of my former clients. And I have been hearing all about

1:06.0

these amazing changes that they have made and not just around the habit of drinking,

1:14.0

not just no longer having it as part of their nightly routine or cutting how much they drink

1:20.0

in half or for some of them deciding that actually, you don't want to drink at all.

1:25.0

It's not serving them and they're recognizing that they don't truly desire it.

1:31.0

I mean, that alone, those kind of changes alone are amazing.

1:36.0

But what I really love hearing about is how they have used this work, used the thing feel

1:44.0

like a cycle, not just to change their drinking, but to create huge results in their life

1:51.0

asking for and getting a promotion, quitting a job that they had been stuck in for so long

1:57.0

because they were afraid to leave, starting a business, buying a house, finding a partner,

2:02.0

healing relationships, starting writing and painting and running again.

2:07.0

I love hearing about this because the thing feel like cycle really learning it,

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