What if the reason you're still drinking too much when you're alone has nothing to do with willpower—and everything to do with how you think about being alone?

You've made so much progress. You're no longer drinking every day. You can go to social events and drink like a normal person without going overboard. You're doing the work, listening to podcasts, journaling, showing up for yourself.

But there's still that one context where you get tripped up. Sunday afternoons. Tuesday evenings when you're home alone. You pour one glass and somehow end up drinking the entire bottle.

And you're starting to wonder: Is something wrong with me? Why can't I figure this out? Will this ever change?

Here's the truth: Your drinking habit isn't one habit. It's a hundred habits. And most of them have nothing to do with alcohol.

In this episode, you'll discover:

🔥 Why you can control your drinking in some contexts but not others (and what that actually means about your progress)

🔥 The real reason "just staying busy" doesn't solve the problem when you're home alone

🔥 How to upgrade from shame to disappointment to curiosity—and why that progression is critical for lasting change

🔥 Why your language patterns are creating your reality ("I've always struggled when I'm alone" becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy)

🔥 The one question your brain can't answer (hint: it's not "how do I stop drinking too much?")

🔥 What "abracadabra" teaches us about the power of expectation—and how to use it in your favor

🔥 How to create a vision for what you DO want instead of just wishing for the absence of unwanted behavior

🔥 Why seeing your slip-ups as "neutral data" instead of failure changes everything

🔥 The truth about being "halfway there"—and how to get all the way there without beating yourself up

Here's what you need to understand: Alcohol use disorder is the disease of perceived failure. You drank more than you think you should have, and you're seeing it as failure. But the work isn't to stop failing. The work is to change your perception of what failure even means.

When you're alone on a Sunday or Tuesday evening, you're not failing. You're learning. And there's a huge difference.

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