Take a Break from Drinking

Have you ever set rules for yourself around drinking, only to find that they don't work? You have the best of intentions, but somehow you always end up right back where you started. What's going on here? As it turns out, there's a very good reason why your drinking rules aren't effective - and it has nothing to do with a lack of willpower or discipline on your part. In this episode, you'll learn how your relationship with alcohol started forming long before you ever took your first drink, and how to finally break free from the frustrating cycle of setting and breaking rules. Find a personalized approach that helps you change your habit in my new book, The Ultimate Guide to Drinking Less, here: https://rachelhart.com/guide/ Discover alternative approaches to drinking less inside our membership program, Take a Break: https://rachelhart.com/tab/ Get the full show notes, transcript, and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/417

Are you racing through life, mistaking to-do lists for fulfillment? The discussion reveals how constant productivity can lead to a 'pleasure desert,' making alcohol feel like the only reward. Explore the Reward and Upgrade archetypes in drinking habits and discover the importance of acknowledging everyday joys. Personal anecdotes highlight how savoring small moments—like watching a pet dream—can enhance your well-being and lessen the urge to drink. Tune in for practical tools to break free from these cycles!

Have you ever taken a long break from drinking, only to find yourself eventually going back to it? So many people find themselves stuck in this frustrating cycle of stopping and starting again, wondering why they can't seem to make the change stick. Listen in to hear one of our Take a Break coaches, Adriana Cloud, explore this common struggle. We discuss how the health benefits of not drinking, while important, are often not enough to overcome the deeper desires that alcohol fulfills and how to get off the seesaw of drinking and not drinking for good. Find a personalized approach that helps you change your habit in my new book, The Ultimate Guide to Drinking Less, here: https://rachelhart.com/guide/ Discover alternative approaches to drinking less inside our membership program, Take a Break: https://rachelhart.com/tab/ Get the full show notes, transcript, and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/415

How often do you declare to yourself, "I'm just someone who…" fill in the blank? Can't moderate your drinking? Has an addictive personality? Is broken and has no willpower? It's easy to turn your frustrations with drinking into sweeping declarations about who you are. But what if these thoughts aren't as true as they feel, and there was an alternative explanation that had nothing to do with you as a person? Listen in this week to learn how zooming in on one specific moment can reveal the real reason behind your temptations and cravings, and why understanding what's really driving your behavior in each moment is the key to changing your relationship with alcohol. Find a personalized approach that helps you change your habit in my new book, The Ultimate Guide to Drinking Less, here: https://rachelhart.com/guide/ Discover alternative approaches to drinking less inside our membership program, Take a Break: https://rachelhart.com/tab/ Get the full show notes, transcript, and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/414

Do you ever feel like you're stuck in a cycle of cravings and excuses when it comes to drinking? It's easy to believe that the only way out is through sheer willpower and discipline, but sometimes, all you need is a new thought to prevent yourself from pouring a drink. In this episode, you'll learn four powerful "breakthrough thoughts" that can help you quickly change your perspective on drinking. These thoughts are designed to interrupt your usual patterns of thinking and give you a new way to approach your cravings. By the end of this episode, you'll have a toolkit of breakthrough thoughts that you can use anytime you find yourself wanting to reach for a drink. These thoughts will help you reframe your desire for alcohol, question your subconscious beliefs, and ultimately make the choice that aligns with your goals. Find a personalized approach that helps you change your habit in my new book, The Ultimate Guide to Drinking Less, here: https://rachelhart.com/guide/ Discover alternative approaches to drinking less inside our membership program, Take a Break: https://rachelhart.com/tab/ Get the full show notes, transcript, and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/413

Do you ever find yourself inconveniencing yourself without even giving others a chance to say no to your requests? This habit of not asking for what you want can have a bigger impact on your life than you might think. In fact, it could be contributing to your drinking more than you'd like. In this episode, I share a personal story about how I caught myself falling into this pattern and the realization I had about its connection to the reward archetype. Discover how the small, seemingly inconsequential decisions you make throughout the day can influence your cravings later on, why willpower and discipline alone won't be enough to change your drinking habits, and what you can do instead to start shifting this pattern. Find a personalized approach that helps you change your habit in my new book, The Ultimate Guide to Drinking Less, here: https://rachelhart.com/guide/ Discover alternative approaches to drinking less inside our membership program, Take a Break: https://rachelhart.com/tab/ Get the full show notes, transcript, and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/412

Do you find yourself reaching for a drink when you're around certain people who get on your nerves? It may seem like alcohol is making the situation more tolerable, but is it really? Sobriety coach Adriana Cloud joins me this week to discuss the common struggle of feeling like you can only stand someone if you're drinking. We explore the underlying boundary and mindset issues at play, and offer a new perspective on dislike. Find a personalized approach that helps you change your habit in my new book, The Ultimate Guide to Drinking Less, here: https://rachelhart.com/guide/ Discover alternative approaches to drinking less inside our membership program, Take a Break: https://rachelhart.com/tab/ Get the full show notes, transcript, and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/411

Did your Dry January not go as planned? Don't worry, you're not alone. Research shows that more people fail at Dry January than succeed. But have you ever considered how every seeming failure might just be the next step on your journey to changing your relationship with alcohol? In this episode, I share a powerful mindset shift that can transform how you approach any goal related to your drinking, and show you how to mine the gold from your "failures" and use that data to better understand your habit. Find a personalized approach that helps you change your habit in my new book, The Ultimate Guide to Drinking Less, here: https://rachelhart.com/guide/ Discover alternative approaches to drinking less inside our membership program, Take a Break: https://rachelhart.com/tab/ Get the full show notes, transcript, and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/410

Do you ever feel like your cravings get out of control? What if you could transform your relationship with cravings from something you dread to something you actually look forward to? In this episode, sobriety coach and hypnotist Adriana Cloud shares a genius analogy that will change how you view your cravings. Listen in to discover how making one simple mental shift can help you more easily say no to a drink - and actually start to love your cravings. Find a personalized approach that helps you change your habit in my new book, The Ultimate Guide to Drinking Less, here: https://rachelhart.com/guide/ Discover alternative approaches to drinking less inside our membership program, Take a Break: https://rachelhart.com/tab/ Get the full show notes, transcript, and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/409

Are you mystified by your own drinking behaviors? Do you struggle to understand why you can occasionally easily moderate, while other times you spiral out of control? Sobriety coach and hypnotist Adriana Cloud is here to share her decade-long journey with daily drinking. Although Adriana never identified as an alcoholic, she knew something about her relationship with alcohol felt off. And in this episode, she shares how this realization led her on a path of not only changing her drinking habits, but of deep personal development. Listen in this week as we explore the impact of the think-feel-act cycle on our drinking behaviors, and how tapping into the unconscious mind through techniques like hypnosis can help disrupt old patterns and form new, healthier habits. Find a personalized approach that helps you change your habit in my new book, The Ultimate Guide to Drinking Less, here: https://rachelhart.com/guide/ Discover alternative approaches to drinking less inside our membership program, Take a Break: https://rachelhart.com/tab/ Get the full show notes, transcript, and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/408