411: I Can Only Stand This Person if I Drink
Take a Break from Drinking
Rachel Hart
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🗓️ 4 February 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Do you find yourself reaching for a drink when you're around certain people who get on your nerves?
It may seem like alcohol is making the situation more tolerable, but is it really?
Sobriety coach Adriana Cloud joins me this week to discuss the common struggle of feeling like you can only stand someone if you're drinking. We explore the underlying boundary and mindset issues at play, and offer a new perspective on dislike.
Find a personalized approach that helps you change your habit in my new book, The Ultimate Guide to Drinking Less, here: https://rachelhart.com/guide/
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| 0:00.0 | Have you ever poured a drink to make the person you were with less annoying? |
| 0:04.2 | When certain people just get on your nerves, why not open a bottle of wine so that your time with them is more bearable? |
| 0:10.3 | This is episode 411, and we're explaining why so many people fall into this trap, what's actually happening in your brain during these moments, and how to approach your cravings differently. |
| 0:21.9 | Whether you want to drink less or stop drinking, this podcast will help you change the |
| 0:27.0 | habit from the inside out. We're challenging conventional wisdom about why people drink |
| 0:32.4 | and why it can be hard to resist temptation. No labels, no judgment, just practical tools to take control of |
| 0:40.2 | your desire and stop worrying about your drinking. Now here's your host, Rachel Hart. |
| 0:50.4 | All right, everybody, welcome back. So listen, I had Adriana Cloud on a couple episodes ago, and we had so much fun talking. We thought, let's come back. Let's chat some more because, you know, she does work with me inside the membership. And we were talking about how it could be really useful to share with all of you some of the common challenges or |
| 1:11.7 | themes that we see coming up for members all of the time. And I know that you have one that you |
| 1:17.8 | wanted to talk about today. So what are we talking about? Hey, everyone. I'm so excited to be back here. |
| 1:23.3 | And Rachel, I'm so excited to talk to you again. So here's one that has been coming up in slightly different phrasings, but I think it's a common |
| 1:31.4 | struggle for people. |
| 1:32.5 | So I thought it would be helpful for us to talk about it. |
| 1:35.5 | And it's basically variations on the theme of this person or the situation is really annoying. |
| 1:41.1 | And I can only stand them if I am drinking. |
| 1:44.0 | What do you think about that? |
| 1:45.8 | First of all, can you relate? Yes, number one, yes, I can relate. Number two, I have a feeling that |
| 1:52.5 | that has been coming up or we've been seeing a pattern there because this is something that tends |
| 1:57.6 | to come up around family and the holidays. Of course, it's not always related to family. |
| 2:02.9 | Sometimes it can be like, you know, I have to, I don't know, like I have to go to like a work event with my spouse. |
| 2:09.1 | And I don't really want to go. |
| 2:10.8 | And I don't really have anything to say. |
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