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Podcast: It's Not About the Alcohol
Episode: EP142: Three ways your brain is blocking your motivation to drink less
Description: How do you make sense of the fact that, even though you really do want to drink less, you keep making the same mistakes? Â You know what you should do. But your brain is blocking your motivation with three sneaky obstacles: Using your past to predict your future, thinking 'I've failed before, so why should this time be any different.' Believing you don't have enough time, energy, or motivation to make a change right now--even though you have the time and energy to manage a drinking problem. You focus so much on the p...