Take a Break from Drinking

Do you set strict rules about when and how much you can drink, only to break them and feel worse than before? 

When most people try to change their drinking habits, they immediately look for external parameters—only drinking on weekends, limiting to two drinks, or never drinking before 6PM. But these arbitrary rules completely bypass the most imp...

Have you ever found yourself envious of people who seem to drink with ease?

If you’re changing your relationship with alcohol, envy toward “normal drinkers” might feel familiar—but it also holds surprising insight into how your habit formed, and how you can begin to change it.

In this episode, you’ll learn how understanding envy helps you uncover limiting bel...

Have you ever felt so overwhelmed by your emotions that you'd do anything to forget what's bothering you? 

In those moments, reaching for a drink—and then another, and another—can feel like the only way to escape. But this pattern of using alcohol to numb difficult emotions creates a problematic cycle that actually decreases your emotional resil...

Have you ever set rules for yourself around drinking, only to find that they don't work? You have the best of intentions, but somehow you always end up right back where you started. What's going on here?

As it turns out, there's a very good reason why your drinking rules aren't effective - and it has nothing to do with a lack of willpower or discipline on your part.

If you're constantly rushing through your days, checking off endless to-do lists, and using alcohol as a reward, you might be living in a "pleasure desert.”

When you're constantly focused on getting things done and denying yourself small pleasures, it's no wonder you feel the need to fill your evenings with alcohol. But what if there was another way?

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Have you ever taken a long break from drinking, only to find yourself eventually going back to it? 

So many people find themselves stuck in this frustrating cycle of stopping and starting again, wondering why they can't seem to make the change stick.

Listen in to hear one of our Take a Break coaches, Adriana Cloud, ...

How often do you declare to yourself, “I’m just someone who…” fill in the blank? Can’t moderate your drinking? Has an addictive personality? Is broken and has no willpower?

It's easy to turn your frustrations with drinking into sweeping declarations about who you are. But what if these thoughts aren’t as true as they feel, and there was an alternative explanation that had nothing to do wi...

Do you ever feel like you're stuck in a cycle of cravings and excuses when it comes to drinking? It's easy to believe that the only way out is through sheer willpower and discipline, but sometimes, all you need is a new thought to prevent yourself from pouring a drink.

In this episode, you’ll learn four powerful "breakthrough thoughts" that can help you quickly change your perspective on ...

Do you ever find yourself inconveniencing yourself without even giving others a chance to say no to your requests? 

This habit of not asking for what you want can have a bigger impact on your life than you might think. In fact, it could be contributing to your drinking more than you'd like.

In this episode, I share a...

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 a...

Did your Dry January not go as planned? 

Don't worry, you're not alone. Research shows that more people fail at Dry January than succeed. But have you ever considered how every seeming failure might just be the next step on your journey to changing your relationship with alcohol?

In this episode, I share a powerful ...

Do you ever feel like your cravings get out of control?

What if you could transform your relationship with cravings from something you dread to something you actually look forward to?

In this episode, sobriety coach and hypnotist Adriana Cloud shares a genius analogy that will change how you view your cravings. Listen in to discover how making one simple ment...

Are you mystified by your own drinking behaviors? Do you struggle to understand why you can occasionally easily moderate, while other times you spiral out of control?

Sobriety coach and hypnotist Adriana Cloud is here to share her decade-long journey with daily drinking. Although Adriana never identified as an alcoholic, she knew something about her relationship with alcohol felt off. And in this episode, she shares how this real...

So you’ve got your compelling reason—your rationale to go after change in the face of discomfort. The only problem is, it doesn’t seem to be helping you drink less or stop altogether. Is it not compelling enough?

Maybe that’s part of it, sure (and that is easily fixed, as I’ll share). But perhaps you’re putting too much stock in that compelling reason. You could be expecting too much from it...

It’s almost here: Dry January. You know you want to take a break, but you’re not sure how. Even worse, maybe you’ve tried this before and either couldn’t stick with it or didn’t see any changes.

You might not realize it, but your plans to focus on not drinking may be setting you up for failure. Instead, you need to shift your thinking about the substance and focus on becoming a person of sub...

It’s easy to see why you might pour yourself a glass of wine when things aren’t going your way, but what happens if your life seems to be working out fine? Why are you still reaching for a drink?

You’ve been trick...

It’s around this time of year that you start thinking about making changes, but what happens when you decide to stop drinking and you’re not happy? Is the answer to go back to alcohol or simply settle for a lackluster life?

That’s what alcohol does to your brain—it applies a thin veneer to a harsh reality. But it may interest you to know that there’s a third choice. You can upgrade your life...

If you’re taking a break from drinking this holiday season, you might feel like you’re stuck at the kids’ table at every gathering.

The reality is, we have been socialized to view alcohol as a sophisticated, adult activity. Those thoughts—implanted by TV, movies, and marketing—create desire and fuel a vicious habit cycle.

Tune in to explore how your brain learned to outsource certain beliefs about adulthood to the contents of y...

Picture this: You and a few friends have decided to split a bottle of wine. Everyone fills their glass, but there’s still a little left in the bottle. You can probably guess what happens next.

But did you know that the decision to finish the bottle might not actually be your own? It may be a pair of mental blocks preventing you from...