Take a Break from Drinking

For many of us, pouring a glass of wine or opening a beer at the end of a long or stressful day is the easiest way to unwind.   This week, learn why the thought that it is easier to drink is keeping you stuck in the cycle of overdrinking, and use this knowledge to create long-lasting change in your drinking habit.    G et full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/343

When trying to change your relationship with alcohol, subtle comments like "Oh, you're having another?" or "You sure like your wine!" can feel embarrassing and painful. But you can leverage these moments and use them to your advantage.   This week, learn how to deal with other people's subtle comments about your drinking and use them to create real change in your habit.      G et full show notes a...

Making excuses doesn't mean it's impossible for you to change. When you learn how to leverage these excuses, you are able to discover what is happening beneath the surface and start acting differently.   This week, learn how to identify the desires beneath your habits and leverage your excuses to discover a path toward drinking differently.    G et full show notes and more information here: https:...

When an event in your external environment doesn't make sense, the brain invents a reason to explain it. It leads you to place yourself into a binary label of good, or bad; able or unable. It prevents you from connecting with your truth.   This week, learn what is actually holding you back from making a change and the key to transforming your relationship with alcohol.    G et full show notes and...

A champagne flute on a special occasion, a delicate martini with friends, or a classic wine glass that you enjoy, the shapes of glassware can be fun and exciting. But it can feel a lot less exciting to drink a mocktail from a soda glass.    This week, learn how to leverage the think, feel, act cycle when it comes to glassware, and understand the connection between the glass you drink from and your...

Saying no to drinking can seem impossible when your friends gather at the winery, and your family events involve beer in the backyard. But creating a list of why you can't succeed isn't helping. This week, learn why desire, justifying, judgment and social norms are tangled in your ability to say no peacefully. Discover methods to understand your negative emotions and how they can help you shift yo...

Desire cannot be tamed by shame or logical reasoning. No matter how much you shame yourself into change, it will only work temporarily.  This week, learn why managing your desire is so difficult and emotional and discover methods for understanding the process of desire within your body.   G et full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/337

Preparing for failure is an essential aspect of creating change in your drinking. You will not want to simply say "no" every night. This is natural and should be expected. Having tools and tactics to get you through moments when you don't want to do the work makes a big difference when it comes to changing your relationship with drinking.  This week, learn how words and willingness can help you to...

Drinking is linked to our day-to-day life in so many different ways, from daily routines and productivity to physical and emotional health and relationships. When you change your relationship to drinking, many other things can change, and it all starts with one simple exercise. This week, learn how to identify compelling reasons to change your relationship with alcohol and why identifying these re...

There are certain thoughts and beliefs you hold that may be perpetuating your drinking. Noticing these thoughts and beliefs will enable you to break them down, develop trust with your body and mind, and take action toward creating habitual change.   In this episode, learn 5 reasons you continue to drink even though your body is giving you another signal and how to unpack your seemingly unconscious...

Huge commitments, such as a lifetime without another drink, can feel limiting to the point of inaction, avoidance, and pure terror. But small steps can help you make space for more change.   This week, consider taking the idea of a lifetime of sobriety off the table. Discover methods for responding to excuses without fear, and learn to make lasting change with more ease.    G et full show notes an...

Many of us use drinking to numb negative emotions. Over time this creates a habit of needing a drink to manage your negative emotion. The same thing occurs when we try to augment positive emotions; our positive emotions start to not feel as good without a drink.  This week, learn how to move away from augmenting positive emotions and drinking when you feel good. Discover why augmenting emotions ha...

We all have the ability to think differently, change our emotional state, and create new habits. Opportunity to change begins with identifying feelings and shaping new responses through our commitments.   Learn the difference between rules and commitments, why working with rules keeps you from the root of your desire to drink, and why commitments are a powerful tool for true transformation.     G...

This week, learn how to use failure as a tool for growth, to understand your habit, and to make honest assessments and adjustments that suit you and your relationship with drinking.   G et full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/330

Knowing how to confront your urges to drink takes practice. It takes both knowledge and know-how.    This week we learn why there is nothing wrong with you if you are struggling with your relationship with moderation.    G et full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/329

Understanding how and why urges exist enables you to address them with clarity and create ease and levity in your relationship with alcohol.  This week, discover why your urge is not the enemy, how to eliminate the power they hold over you, and how to confront your urges without fear.   G et full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/328

The reasons you keep drinking are simple. The work that is required to address your drinking takes time and attention, but it is far from out of reach.   In this episode, learn the reasons you keep drinking, and some key tools to help you manage your mind and create an environment where drinking less becomes easier and easier.   G et full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.co...

The process of deciding on your end goal can be a challenge when changing your relationship to drinking. It is okay to not exactly know what you want, beyond knowing that something needs to change. In this episode, learn the power of freeing up your mental energy so that you can worry less about drinking, and spend more time creating, enjoying, and cultivating other aspects of life.    G et full s...

The rules you have established for when you're out on the town may be slipping because you have not accounted for your brain's emotions and expectations. In this episode, learn how to respond to your inner dialogue and your urges with clarity that ignites insight.    G et full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/325

Find out why backsliding doesn't have to mean giving up on your goal to drink less, why you actually need backsliding to make real habit change, and how you can prevent it from derailing your progress.    G et full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/324

Find out why no matter how many times you break your commitment to drinking less, you can always intervene and get back on track. Learn how to bring awareness to that moment so you can consciously decide what you want to do next.   G et full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/323

The moment you decided to give in, to order another one, to take a sip, you made a decision.  This week, learn how to reevaluate the nitty-gritty moment right before having a drink and why bringing awareness to this moment will help you keep your commitment in the future.    G et full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/322

No one's perfect, and even if you don't intend to drink during your break, it's likely that you will. Learn why your commitment to drinking less never seems to last, and how preparing for your commitment in the lead-up changes everything on your break.   G et full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/321

Your drinking habit was created after years of messaging you absorbed. It's not a disease or a reflex or a character defect. Learn how to think about your drinking habit without blaming yourself, and find out how to empower yourself to change your drinking habit without the self-abuse or shame.   G et full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/320

Whether you want to drink less during the week, take a break for 30 days, or stop drinking altogether, there is one question you need to ask yourself. Tune in to learn what the first step to changing your drinking habit is and how to get started today.   G et full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/319