Hey there!

Every month Annie has a call with our Path 365 members and answers their questions.

She tackles a wide range of topics from what to do with big emotions, what kinds of tips and

advice she has for addressing difficult situations, how to deal with cravings, and

so much more. Listen in as she does some real life coaching for our path

members. Hi friends, it's Annie Grace with this naked mind.

I am answering readers questions and today's question comes from

Tanya. Tanya says hi I love your video answers and I listen to one about how to

handle not drinking went out in social situations can I ask the same question about how to stop drinking at home.

My evenings as a single long working are always long and alone at home, so what's the best way

to get out of my habit of drinking wine and smoking to relax and shut down etc?

And I did actually ask Tanya it would change kind of how I responded

So I'm going to respond because she hasn't read the book, but it's a really good question, Tanya.

So I think that, you know, I believe in my work and my book is based on the premise that you actually have an internal conflict that's responsible for the difficulty

you have around both wanting to stop drinking, smoking, and wanting to drink smoke

at the same time. So both of those things are happening inside your brain. You don't want to do it and you want to do it both at once.

Cognitive dissonance kind of at its core. And most people are pretty aware that we have two kind of thought processes if you will so we have two ways of thinking our conscious way of thinking and our unconscious or

subconscious way of thinking. And so conscious thinking uses language and intentional thought.

And it's your conscious mind that's deciding

that you'd probably be better off, healthier, happier, not drinking as much. Now your subconscious, it doesn't use language.

So this is the part of your mind that keeps your heart breathing, heart breathing, heart beating,

beating, keeps you breathing, etc.

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