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.