Molly Watts

The Alcohol Minimalist Podcast

Molly Watts, Author & Coach

  • How to Change Your Mindset to Change Your Drinking Habits

How to Change Your Mindset to Change Your Drinking Habits

Wednesday 24th July 2024

Discover how to change your mindset and drinking habits with Molly Watts. Practical tips, journaling prompts, and personal insights for a peaceful relationship with alcohol.
38 minutes
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About this podcast

The Alcohol Minimalist Podcast
Author:
Molly Watts
Overview:
Categories:
Navigating Alcohol Dependency
Understanding Addiction & Recovery
Mindfulness & Emotional Wellbeing
Navigating Intimate Relationships
Creative Recovery Journeys
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Transform Your Drinking Habits by Changing Your Mindset

Episode Overview

  • Identify and challenge unhelpful thoughts driving your desire to drink.
  • Use journaling to increase self-awareness and track thought patterns.
  • Understand the concept of metacognition to observe and change your thinking.
  • Ask yourself specific, direct questions to uncover helpful or unhelpful thoughts.
  • Recognise that repeating a thought makes you believe it more, even if it's not true.
Repeating a thought doesn't make it true; it just makes you believe it more.
Molly Watts, host of The Alcohol Minimalist Podcast, dives into the crucial topic of mindset and its impact on drinking habits. This episode is packed with practical tips on how to identify and change unhelpful thoughts that may be driving your desire to drink. Molly shares her personal experiences and professional insights, offering listeners a roadmap to uncovering and redirecting negative thoughts.
She introduces the concept of 'metacognition' - the ability to observe one's own thinking - as a key skill for creating sustainable change. You'll learn how to journal effectively to increase self-awareness and decide whether your thoughts are moving you closer to or further away from your goals. Molly also highlights the importance of challenging core beliefs and offers specific journaling prompts to help you get started.
If you're looking to transform your relationship with alcohol, this episode provides actionable steps and valuable insights to help you on your journey.