370: Tossing the Concept of "Being in Denial"

Take a Break from Drinking

Rachel Hart

Alcohol, Lifecoach, Alcoholicsanonymous, Self-improvement, Hungover, Society & Culture, Smartrecovery, Drinking, Cognitivebehavioraltherapy, Education, Cbt, 12steps, Sobriety, Drunk, Recovery, Personal Journals

4.8 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Society tends to talk about people being in “denial” about their drinking. But this belief often causes more harm than how much someone drinks.

In this episode, learn the truth about why you might not be taking action even though you know your relationship with alcohol is unhealthy. Discover what’s really behind the idea of “being in denial” and how it can get in the way of change.

You are not a problem that needs fixing, which is good news. Even if you’ve been shaming yourself about your drinking, this doesn’t mean that you’re in denial. Changing your drinking is not a simple matter of “facing the facts.” The solution isn’t just knowing what to do but learning how to do it.

Get the full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/370

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Take a Break Podcast with Rachel Hard episode 370.
0:05.0	Whether you want to drink less or stop drinking, this podcast will help you change the habit
0:11.6	from the inside out.
0:13.4	We're challenging conventional wisdom about why people drink and why it can be hard to resist
0:18.5	temptation.
0:20.0	No labels, no judgment, just practical tools to take control of your desire and stop worrying about
0:26.5	your drinking.
0:27.5	Now here's your host, Rachel Hart.
0:31.0	All right, everybody.
0:31.8	Today we're going to talk about denial and all the misconceptions about it.
0:37.0	Just to be clear, before we go any further, I am not suggesting that any of you out there listening to this episode are in denial about your drinking.
0:47.0	In fact, I want to suggest that the opposite is true. Nobody's in denial about their drinking. Society is in denial about how we go
0:57.3	about helping people. In fact, the whole concept of denial and how we talk about it is actually more harmful than how much you might be drinking right now.
1:09.0	The reason why I want to talk about it on an episode is because I see it come up so often in the membership
1:16.8	with people that I work with who are really frustrated and really
1:25.0	and understand that what they might be in denial about their drinking. There's so much that I have to do in order to work with them
1:28.0	and help them really understand that what they think is denial is not denial at all.
1:35.9	It's important to clean that up because there's so much shame
1:40.0	around this.
1:40.7	Let's just dive in.
1:41.7	The idea of denial or being in denial about your drinking is a
1:47.0	cliche right when it comes to drinking too much. I just think about my own life all the times I have heard people say like, oh yeah, they
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