Rachel Hart

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2,663 appearances 12 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 11 Aug

Rachel Hart’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Take a Break from Drinking: Practical Tools to Drink Less & Change Your Relationship with Alcohol · 481: Wanting to prove you can drink less · 11 Aug 2026 podcast

And you need to look at that in order to understand the full picture of what's going on. voice-verified

When we don't pause to answer this question honestly, when we ignore how drinking less is often very tied to how we see ourselves. voice-verified

We're going to miss something. voice-verified

We're often going to miss that we're not actually trying to prove that we can drink less or trying to prove that we can handle alcohol. voice-verified

We're actually trying to avoid what we think not being able to do these things means about who we are as a person. voice-verified

So many statements around the desire to drink less carry an implied fear. voice-verified

So people will say, I just want to drink normally. voice-verified

That's what we're willing to say out loud. voice-verified

I was willing to say that out loud. voice-verified

I was much less willing to say that if I couldn't drink normally, it felt like something was wrong with me. voice-verified

Like part of me was different. voice-verified

and abnormal. voice-verified

Or people will say, I just want the discipline to stop at two drinks. voice-verified

What they won't say is the implied fear of, and if I can't, that means I'm weak or I'm broken or again, something is wrong with me. voice-verified

A lot of people are willing to say, I don't want to quit forever. voice-verified

What we won't say is because if I had to stop drinking forever, that would mean I would have a problem. voice-verified

What I want you to see here is that so often the spoken goals around drinking less sound like they are just about a number or the health benefits or being disciplined or avoiding the consequences. voice-verified

But a lot goes unsaid. voice-verified

And a big piece of this are these hidden fears about what we think it means either not to drink, or what we think it means if we drink too much, or what we think it means about us if we struggle to change. voice-verified

So often the external goal is actually trying to escape an internal verdict. voice-verified

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