379: I'll Be Good Tomorrow

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

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🗓️ 30 April 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

You know the scenario. You promised not to drink tonight… but by 5 o’clock, you’re ready for a drink.

Or you told yourself you would only have one drink at happy hour, but then your friend suggests another round.

“I’ll be good tomorrow” is an excuse you’ve probably told yourself many times before.

Why is it so easy to fall into this trap, even when you have plenty of evidence that tomorrow you’ll wish you had said no?

Tune in and discover why this excuse is so insidious and the best way to combat it.

After listening to this episode, you’ll never hear the excuse “I’ll be good tomorrow” the same way again.

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Take a Break Podcast with Rachel Heart,
0:03.1	episode 379.
0:05.2	Whether you want to drink less or stop drinking,
0:09.4	this podcast will help you change the habit from the inside out.
0:13.4	We're challenging conventional wisdom about why people drink
0:17.1	and why it can be hard to resist temptation.
0:20.1	No labels, no judgment, just practical tools to take control of your desire and stop worrying about your drinking.
0:28.0	Now here's your host Rachel Hart.
0:31.0	Hey everybody welcome back today. We are going to talk about one excuse in
0:35.4	particular that I have a very very very deep relationship with I know a lot of you do
0:40.7	too and that excuse is I'll be good tomorrow. I'll be good tomorrow.
0:47.8	Those words were front and center in so much of my life. It was like order another round of drinks at the
0:56.4	bar. Don't worry I'll be good tomorrow. Standing in front of the pantry just
1:00.9	mindlessly snacking. It's okay I'll be good tomorrow.
1:04.4	Spending too much money on my credit card. I'm gonna cut back starting tomorrow.
1:09.0	I'll be good tomorrow. It's so optimistic but But I will tell you this, it is the worst optimism. There is a bad
1:17.2	optimism that you can have. And it's the optimism that is connected with magical thinking. It's telling yourself that you're going to be different tomorrow without doing anything, without setting yourself up to actually make that a reality because I believe deeply you can totally be a
1:38.0	different person tomorrow. I wholeheartedly believe in every single person's ability to change.
1:45.0	But that doesn't just happen.
1:47.0	You've got to take meaningful steps in the direction that you want to go in.
1:52.0	I'll be good tomorrow, that excuse that you want to go in. I'll be good tomorrow.
1:53.0	That excuse, it is not a meaningful step.
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