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Alcohol Hypnosis - Take It Or Leave It, But No Longer Need It · The Hypnotist

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  Welcome to The Hypnotist, the show that gives you inside
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  access to cutting edge hypnosis with real clients facing genuine
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  issues. Brought to you by the
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  hypnotherapist, demanded by celebrities, CEOs and even
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  royalty. Adam Cox.
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  These recordings took place live from Adam's clinic in London's
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  world famous Harley Street. This podcast features powerful
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  hypnosis, so do not listen while driving or operating machinery.
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  severe mental health issues, so get yourself comfortable and
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  enjoy today's episode of The Hypnotist.
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  Hi, it's Adam here and you're about to listen to a hypnosis
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  session all about alcohol reduction and.
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  If you ever. Feel that you need to drink or
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  you need to pre drink between certain situations or before
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  certain situations. I think you're going to get some
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  value from this hypnosis session.
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  It was created. For a.
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  Client that would quite often host big events, lots of people
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  coming to their home or some kind of a venue and they really
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  took pride in being the organizer, the Hostess of these
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  type of events. But it would lead them to
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  secretly drink sometimes to drink before to secretly drink
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  while because they didn't want to be judged to drinking too
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  much. But they wanted this feeling
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  that alcohol could help them in these social situations.
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  And yet they had had many experiences of doing things like
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  dry January, sober October, 100 days of not drinking.
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  And there was one particular time that they could recall
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  about 60 days into not drinking, having a very fun, enjoyable
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  night and not needing any alcohol at all, and in fact,
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  confidently turning alcohol down when they were offered.
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  And this hypnosis session uses this archetype of joy.
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  And, and I asked this client, I said, if there was a name
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  attached to this version of you that can have fun and not need
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  alcohol, what would it be called?
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  And she said the word joy. And joy is obviously a name, but
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  it's also an emotion. So I like the, you know, kind of
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  double meanings of, of joy. And I said, if joy had a colour,
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  what would it be? And for her, it would be magenta
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  or pink, a vibrant pink. So we actually use these things
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  as a way to activate this feeling, but also sub
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  personality, this archetype of joy.
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  So we actually go to a place where they would definitely feel
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  like they're having fun and not at all consider alcohol, which
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  is like an exercise, a hot exercise class, like a hot yoga
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  type of place. But then from within that,
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  reactivating that version of them that had this really fun
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  night without needing any alcohol.
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  And then taking that and saying right, they can activate this
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  version of them in any situation whenever they need to.
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  Either by the. Colour or by setting the
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  intention and then we future pace that.
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  There's also a reference to Dumbo.
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  If you've watched the Disney movie Dumbo, you'll recall that
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  Dumbo was given a black feather by a crow and starts to.
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  Believe. That it's the feather that is
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  the reason that they can fly rather than their big ears.
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  And of course, in psychology we'd call that a placebo effect.
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  It becomes a proxy for what is actually true, which is
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  something else. And I think a lot of people use
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  alcohol in that way. It's the belief that alcohol is
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  going to help. The paradoxically means that it
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  helps, but it isn't because. Of the alcohol.
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  It's because of the belief connected to the alcohol.
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  And once this client had irrefutable evidence that they
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  could have fun and be confident and be resourceful and enjoy
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  themselves without the need of alcohol, but then it really
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  gives them the ability to kind of take it or leave it, but
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  certainly not need it. And it's not that they wanted to
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  be teetotal, but they didn't want to feel like they had to
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  have it. So if you can resonate or
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  connect with any of these ideas, then you're probably going to
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  get some value from this particular hypnosis session.
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  If you like the idea of working with me in a different way,
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  there's lots of free resources in the show notes in the
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  description. And if you want to explore
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  working with me directly, there's also the ability to
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  schedule a completely free consultation call there in the
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  description. You can book that.
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  We'll have a conversation on Zoom and it might be that I end
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  U being your hypnotherapist and we can kind of exlore what that
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  would be like. For now, though, find a quiet,
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  comfortable place where you won't be.
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  Disturbed. Relax.
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  And enjoy the session. Take a deep breath in, and as
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  you breathe in, breathe in that slow, long, relaxing breath.
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  And as you exhale, just release all the tension from around your
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  eyelids. That's it.
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  Feeling a wonderful sense of release.
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  And as you breathe in, breathe in that feeling of resourceful
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  relaxation. And as you exhale, give
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  permission to release any feelings of overwhelm or stress.
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  That's it. And sometimes it's useful to
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  think of your body as a pressure cooker.
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  Sometimes things can build up and build up.
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  And I want you to get a sense of how it would feel if on every
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  outward breath, your exhale becomes the release valve to
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  really let go, Which means you're just a few breaths away
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  from letting go of things you've been holding onto.
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  Perhaps responsibilities, judgements, beliefs that were
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  useful at one point but aren't necessary anymore.
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  I want you to accept the idea that on every outward breath you
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  are letting go of something that is no longer useful, and on
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  every inward breath you are breathing in something helpful,
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  useful, beneficial. So you could imagine breathing
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  in relaxation and exhaling tension.
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  You could imagine breathing in optimism and exhaling feelings
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  of seriousness or hopelessness and just get a sense that this
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  is like a transfusion for your soul.
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  Breathing in what you need and exhaling what you don't.
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  Each breath takes you deeper than the last.
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  That's it. Taking you deeper and deeper,
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  relaxed. As your body relaxes, your
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  imagination awakens, and I wonder if you could imagine
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  wearing something that you would wear in a yoga studio, a gym, an
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  exercise class that is bright magenta.
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  You don't have to own such a thing, but just imagine it.
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  I wonder if you could imagine wearing that lycra, that
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  leotard, that gym outfit, bright pink, magenta.
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  And I wonder if you could imagine being in the kind of
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  exercise class where the temperature is all the way up
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  and maybe you're doing Pilates or yoga isometrics, or even the
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  kind of thing that is building muscle and creating resistance.
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  And maybe there are full length mirrors around.
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  And I want you to imagine seeing you with a big smile on your
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  face wearing that bright magenta outfit.
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  I want you to notice that you can be in a place where you're
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  smiling and having fun doing something that enhances.
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  Your. Health and not only is there no
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  desire to drink alcohol, that even if it was present you
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  wouldn't choose to do it. And I want you to tap into an
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  idea of how easy it is. I feel like you can take it or
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  leave it, but certainly not needed.
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  In fact, let's create a scenario where there you are having a
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  workout and someone asks if you want some vodka in that water
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  bottle. Isn't it the easiest thing in
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  the world to say no, you could have it.
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  You're choosing not to because it just doesn't make sense.
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  Instead of enhancing the experience, perhaps it would
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  ruin it. All the very benefits of being
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  there would be tainted. And I want you to imagine
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  feeling good wearing that magenta, feeling happy, mindful,
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  feeling healthy. And then imagine a particular
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  yoga pose, which is easy to do, where you can feel relaxed.
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  And I wonder if you could imagine as many people do and
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  they feel relaxed in that meditative state.
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  They Daydream sometimes forwards in time and we can call that
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  wishful thinking and sometimes backwards in time that we can
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  call nostalgia or reminiscence. So as you imagine wearing that
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  magenta outfit there in that hot yoga studio, I want you to
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  imagine what it would be like to reminisce of a time that you
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  went out and other people were drinking and you chose not to.
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  You can keep your physical body there in that studio, but your
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  imagination can float all the way, perhaps to Florida, to a
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  particular bar. And I want you to imagine just
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  arriving at that bar, get a sense of the kind of clothing
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  you'd be wearing. But let's add something.
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  Let's add that you are wearing one item of clothing that is
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  either bright pink or that intense magenta.
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  Maybe it's the dress, maybe it's the shoes, maybe it's something
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  else you can choose. But I want you to tap into this
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  idea that you were there and it was easy not to drink.
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  Not that you couldn't at any point.
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  You could have chose to, but you didn't.
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  I want you to feel connected with this idea that you can take
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  it or leave it, but not need it, and sometimes even better, not
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  even wanted. And I want you to feel that you
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  can have fun, you can interact, other people can drink, and
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  that's fine. And I want you to feel that
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  you're dialing any judgement all the way down, judging of others,
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  judging of yourself. And as judgement goes down,
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  resourcefulness goes up. You simply have this belief.
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  You feel so good, so resourceful.
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  You don't need alcohol. Alcohol is like a Band-Aid for a
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  leaky hose pipe. Feels like it's helping, but
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  it's only temporary. And I want you to get a feeling
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  that what is more permanent is a belief.
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  A belief that your experience, your qualities, your
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  capabilities are the real thing. That means that you can handle
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  any social situation, whether you're hosting or just enjoying.
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  Your resources are what makes the difference.
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  And in the past, you thought that alcohol was helping, but I
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  wonder if you've ever seen the film Dumbo, That elephant with
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  the big ears that thinks it can fly.
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  And somewhere along the line, a crow gives Dumbo a black
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  feather. And little Dumbo starts to
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  believe that it isn't those big ears that make that elephant
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  fly, it's the black feather. And I want you to accept a
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  belief that for years now, alcohol has been your black
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  feather belief. That it actually.
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  Helped or was needed. And all along it was something
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  else. It was you, your resources, your
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  skills, social skills, hosting skills, your ability to organise
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  and prepare. That's what made the difference.
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  I want you to get a sense that all along alcohol has just been
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  a placebo, A belief that it helped.
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  So it helped, but it was never needed.
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  And as you find yourself enjoying that night in that bar
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  there in Florida, this is irrefutable evidence that you
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  never needed that black feather. You never needed a drink in your
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  hand to feel free, capable, empowered.
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  And now that you know that for sure, we can call this side of
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  you, this version of you that knows that you don't need
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  alcohol, joy. And I want you to feel that joy
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  of not needing something that you don't need.
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  I want you to think of at least one smoker that you know that
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  has convinced himself that they need to smoke to deal with
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  stress or to be social or to reward themselves.
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  And you know that that's not true, but they believe it
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  anyway. And as you acknowledge that
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  feel, you're coming to the same conclusion.
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  You don't need alcohol to feel mindful, present, fun.
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  You don't need alcohol to release a burden.
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  You don't need alcohol to feel happy.
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  You don't need alcohol for anything.
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  All along it's been a false belief, an illusion that is
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  helping. But you have the data to know it
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  does the opposite. It makes you less capable, less
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  present, less joyful. And I want you to really feel
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  like you're back in your body that time, having a great night.
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  And I want you to see someone test.
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  Your resolve. Imagine someone offering you a
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  drink or to add vodka to your drink and notice how easy it is
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  to say no. Not in a meek, apologetic way,
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  but in a strong, empowered, confident way.
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  Not rude, not disrespectful, but firm, assertive, confident.
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  And notice how that didn't take any of the fun away.
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  By knowing that you didn't want it, didn't need it and didn't
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  accept it. And I want you to feel that you
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  are empowering joy and alter ego within you, a version of you
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  that doesn't want or need alcohol.
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  And if you do have it, it's because you choose it on your
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  terms, in your way, not because it's needed.
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  But if that drink means that you're swapping joy for a
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  different part that then does need it, you can remind yourself
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  that you can bring back joy whenever you choose.
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  And maybe that's through a colour or a way that you talk to
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  yourself, or just by setting an intention.
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  I want you to feel how good it would feel to not need drink of
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  any kind. When you feel that that part is
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  fully awakened, engaged, and now an ally in your future.
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  Let me know by nodding your head.
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  And I want you to imagine going back to that yoga studio, but
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  now on that big screen instead of seeing an instructor.
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  I want you to see yourself in your future.
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  I want you to see yourself hosting an event with lots of
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  people and knowing that you're wearing at least one item of
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  something pink or magenta. And I want you to see that
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  version of you doesn't need to drink at all.
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  The illusion has been lifted, just like Dumbo Stumbo flied
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  without the feather. Dumbo never needed that feather
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  again. And every time Joy flies without
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  her feather, the need to drink in the future diminishes and
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  diminishes until it doesn't exist at all.
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  And I want you to see that future version of you in a busy,
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  perhaps overwhelming situation and not needing to drink.
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  And then I want you to see yourself at a different time in
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  the future. See yourself having a meal in a
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  nice restaurant. Instead of a glass of red wine,
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  I want you to imagine just a soft drink and that enhances
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  your enjoyment of the night. I want you to imagine seeing an
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  upcoming situation that normally you would drink, but I want you
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  to see it's Joy who turns up, and Joy doesn't need to drink at
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  all. And I want you to imagine what
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  it would be like to imagine yourself two or three years in
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  the future. And more and more often it's joy
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  that turns up. And that old version of you that
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  needed to pre drink, to sneak a drink or to have that drink in
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  your hand becomes less and less frequent because you have more
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  fun when you realise that you can take it or leave it.
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  But certainly not needed. And if that future version of
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  you seems happier, healthier and more joyful, let me know by
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  nodding your head and consider this a powerful seed planted
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  deep in your subconscious mind. And you don't need to wear
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  magenta or that bright pink every time, just know it's now a
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  tool. That.
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  Even if you have something tiny in that particular colour, you
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  can activate joy whenever you choose and you are just a few
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  evenings away of being able to have such momentum.
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  But the colour is no longer needed to bring about that part
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  of you. I can take it or leave it, but
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  certainly not needed. And when joy is really in
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  control, don't be surprised if you don't even want it.
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  That you get more good feelings from turning it down than by
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  drinking. I want you to get a sense that
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  you have unlocked something. You've let go of an old belief,
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  you've let go of an old compulsion, and you are
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  unleashing that version of you that gets to have these social,
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  enjoyable occasions and not needing alcohol at all.
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  I want you to imagine floating back from that hot studio,
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  feeling that your unconscious has done the hard work needed to
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  shift your future. Allow all the changes to take
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  place now, when you sleep, when you dream, but more importantly,
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  whenever you set an intention. You're looking forward to giving
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  joy more opportunity to be empowered, fun, present, feeling
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  free, full of choices and options and no obligations.
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  So float all the way back to the present, to the here and the
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  now. Because very soon I count from
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  1:00 to 10:00 to awaken you. And you will feel you've let go.
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  Let go of an old version of you, an activated and improved
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  version of you, and you could always choose to go back to that
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  old version. But even then, it's a choice,
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  and that choice feels less appealing the more you think
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  about it. That's it To take a deep breath
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  in through your nose and out through your nose.
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  Wiggle your fingers and wiggle your toes.
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  Connect and calibrate into the here and the now as I now count
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  from 1:00 to 10:00 to awaken you.
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  Starting to count 123 waking up 456 more alert 7-8.
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  Open your eyes. Open your eyes 910.
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  Wide awake. Wide awake.
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  Wide awake. Thank you for listening to The
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