You are listening to the Take a Break podcast with Rachel Hart, episode 17.

Whether you want to drink less or stop drinking, this podcast will help you change the habit from the inside out.

We're challenging conventional wisdom about why people drink and why it can be hard to resist temptation.

No labels, no judgment, just practical tools to take control of your desire and stop worrying about your drinking.

Now here's your host, Rachel Hart.

Hello everybody, how are you? What are you up to? What are you doing?

I just got back from a week-long trip back east.

I was there seeing my family and my friends. I did a little circuit of New England.

I started in Boston to see my sister and my niece and my sister-in-law.

Then we drove to Connecticut so I could see my parents and my grandmother who is turning 95 this year and is amazing.

I love her.

And then I finished up the trip by driving to Montpelier in Vermont and seeing two of my dearest friends in the world.

I love, love, love Vermont. It's one of my favorite places.

And this is one of my favorite times of year in New England because spring had just arrived.

The sap is rising. The hills are starting to turn that bright green color.

And I don't know, there's nothing like spring in New England to me.

But I'm back in San Francisco and it's lovely here today, but it's just not New England.

So for those of you who are lucky enough to live there, just know I'm very jealous.

Okay, so today we are talking about the Think Feel Act cycle.

I've introduced this concept before and I go into lots of detail about it in my book.

Why can't I drink like everyone else? I talk about its origins, how the cycle works, how to apply it.

But today we're going to have a little bit of a primer and here's why.

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