Take a Break from Drinking

399: Why Counting Drinks Can Backfire


Listen Later

Counting drinks is a common strategy that many people use to try to drink less, but it can often backfire and leave you feeling frustrated and ashamed.

 

While it can be a useful awareness-raising tool in the beginning, relying on external rules and numbers disconnects you from your own inner authority and doesn't address the unconscious desires driving your drinking.

 

Instead of trying to become a perfect rule-follower, the key to lasting change is developing a strong sense of authority over yourself and your choices. In this episode, I share why this matters so much and how you can start to cultivate it. By the end, you'll have a new perspective on why counting drinks hasn't worked for you in the past and a roadmap for what to focus on instead.

 

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 and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/399

 

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Take a Break from DrinkingBy Rachel Hart

  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9

4.9

2,561 ratings


More shows like Take a Break from Drinking

View all
Recovery Elevator by Paul Churchill

Recovery Elevator

1,704 Listeners

This Naked Mind Podcast by Annie Grace

This Naked Mind Podcast

2,587 Listeners

Addiction Unlimited Podcast by Angela Pugh

Addiction Unlimited Podcast

500 Listeners

A Sober Girls Guide Podcast by A Sober Girls Guide

A Sober Girls Guide Podcast

440 Listeners

The Happy Sober Podcast (The Stop Drinking Expert) by Craig Beck

The Happy Sober Podcast (The Stop Drinking Expert)

259 Listeners

The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious Women by Casey McGuire Davidson

The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious Women

717 Listeners

Alcohol-Free Lifestyle by James Swanwick

Alcohol-Free Lifestyle

222 Listeners

Sober Powered: The Neuroscience of Being Sober by Gillian Tietz, MS, CPRC

Sober Powered: The Neuroscience of Being Sober

1,228 Listeners

How I quit alcohol by Danni Carr

How I quit alcohol

195 Listeners

2 Sober Girls Podcast by Erinn + Michaela

2 Sober Girls Podcast

192 Listeners

The Stop Drinking Coach by Bardia Rezaei

The Stop Drinking Coach

496 Listeners

Sober Motivation: Sharing Sobriety Stories by Brad McLeod

Sober Motivation: Sharing Sobriety Stories

585 Listeners

Happiest Sober Podcast by Madeline Forrest

Happiest Sober Podcast

217 Listeners

It's Not About the Alcohol by Colleen Freeland

It's Not About the Alcohol

114 Listeners

Journey to the Sunnyside by Sunnyside

Journey to the Sunnyside

95 Listeners