384: Is Overindulgence a Problem?
Take a Break from Drinking
Rachel Hart
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 25 June 2024
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Believe it or not, overindulgence is a part of the human experience. So why is it that you consider this natural impulse to be negative?
Whether it’s drinking, eating, spending or something else, it's easy to associate overindulgence with your character and make it mean something negative about you. Throw in the societal and moral baggage, and this belief really hinders your attempts to change.
It can lead to a vicious cycle—one in which you cease being curious about why you’re drinking and, instead, find yourself unconsciously chasing after a magical place where overindulgence doesn't happen.
Tune in this week to discover why overindulgence isn’t itself a problem and what’s actually necessary in order to change your relationship with alcohol.
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to the Take a Break Podcast with Rachel Hart, episode 384. |
| 0:07.0 | Whether you want to drink less or stop drinking, this podcast will help you change the habit from the inside out. |
| 0:14.1 | We're challenging conventional wisdom about why people drink and why can be hard to resist |
| 0:19.2 | temptation. |
| 0:20.7 | 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. heart. |
| 0:37.0 | Hey everybody, welcome back. We are talking today about whether or not |
| 0:40.0 | overindulgence is a problem. Now when I am coaching people they often come to me from the perspective |
| 0:51.1 | that drinking too much, |
| 0:53.2 | eating too much, too much of anything |
| 0:55.5 | is obviously a problem. |
| 0:57.9 | So what will happen is they'll tell me the particulars of their story, |
| 1:01.7 | so maybe I went out with friends last night and I told |
| 1:04.4 | myself I was gonna only have three drinks but then I had five or they'll say you know I |
| 1:09.2 | wasn't even gonna drink yesterday I had my dinner all planned out but then I had a crappy day and I decided to order Mexican food and then because I was having a burrito I decided to have a beer and then one thing led to another and I hear |
| 1:25.0 | hear versions of this story all the time. |
| 1:28.6 | So no matter the particulars of the situation, kind of the heart of the story is the same. |
| 1:36.5 | At its heart is this belief, I had too much, I drank too much, I ate too much, I overdid it, |
| 1:41.4 | I overindulged, that is a bad thing. And so that's what I want to talk with you |
| 1:49.0 | about today. I want to talk to you about whether or not over indulgence really is a bad thing and why if you think this, |
| 1:58.7 | which by the way most people do, why you might want to consider that it's not. Because we are so socialized to see over |
| 2:09.0 | indulgence as something that is wrong and immoral. |
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