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This Hypnosis Session Rewires Your Brain to Stop Wanting Alcohol (Effortlessly) · 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
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  genuine. Issues.
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  Brought to you by The Hypnotherapist, Demanded by
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  celebrities, CEOs and even royalty, Adam Cox.
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  These recordings took place live from Adam Smith in London's
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  world famous Harley Street. 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 1.
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  Of. The most socially.
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  Accepted drugs that exist in most Western societies is
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  alcohol. And when I was young I would see
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  adults in my family, my parents, drinking like it was nothing.
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  It's just what they did on an evening, it's what they did on a
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  weekend. And if they were stressed, they
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  would drink, and if they were celebrating, they would drink.
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  Alcohol was always, ever. Present because of that it's in
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  societies all around us, is very socially acceptable.
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  We start to forget that it is a drug and it's a drug that can
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  have addictive qualities, that some people can become dependent
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  and they use it as a form of self medication.
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  And because of that there's a lot of people that have
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  difficult relationships with alcohol.
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  I myself chose about nearly eight years ago not to drink
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  anymore. And it really came from this
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  idea of all the very worst things and the biggest risks in
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  my life were somehow connected with alcohol.
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  And I asked myself the question, if at the age of 40, knowing
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  everything that I now know, would I start drinking alcohol
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  if I never started, what would the answer be?
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  And the answer was a clear no for me.
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  So that's one of the main reasons that I stopped drinking
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  alcohol in that particular moment.
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  That was nearly eight years ago. But not everyone wants to not
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  drink at all. I think most people that drink,
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  they just want a better relationship with alcohol, ease
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  out the extremes and have more moderation.
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  And this hypnosis session is designed to really tap into the
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  essence of reducing consumption by boundaries and discernment
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  and resource states so that you get to kind of have the kind of
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  relationship with alcohol that you actually want.
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  Not that it's just an echo of previous habits and behaviours
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  and beliefs from the past. It was created for an
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  individual. Their situation is probably not
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  your exact situation. So if you like the idea of
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  changing your relationship with alcohol and this doesn't quite
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  fit perfectly, I would encourage you to look in the show notes,
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  take a suitability test or watch the webinar that I have there
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  and that will give you an idea as to whether or not
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  hypnotherapy could be useful for you.
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  For now though, find a quiet, comfortable place where you
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  won't be distracted or disturbed.
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  Relax 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 allow your eyelids to close.
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  And as they close, allow yourself to position your body
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  in a way where relaxation is inevitable.
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  You feel more comfortable and relaxed.
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  That's it. Breathing in that resourceful
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  feeling of calm and relaxation and releasing any feelings of
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  tension, stress, and worries. Just allowing it to leave your
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  body every outward breath. And when you breathe in, set the
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  intention to breathe in slightly deeper than before.
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  And as you exhale, notice what happens when you elongate the
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  outward breath. Just a second or two longer in
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  the outward breath. And perhaps you notice that the
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  deeper you breathe, the more relaxed you feel, almost like
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  there's a switch from alertness to calmness, from logic to
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  emotion to analysis to interpretation.
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  And do a quick scan of your body, scanning for any
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  heaviness, tension. Scan your breathing rate, your
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  breathing from the chest or the diaphragm.
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  Is your jaw tense or relaxed? I set the intention that
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  whenever you find tension, rigidity to release it in every
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  outward breath, meaning that each breath takes you
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  incrementally to a new level of relaxation, which enhances that
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  neural plasticity. Which means thoughts can become
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  ideas, ideas can become intentions, and intentions can
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  become new realities. As you breathe in and breathe
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  out, just imagine thinking of your life.
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  Think of your life in blocks of 10 and think of the period of
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  your life when alcohol started up to the present, the
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  scientific, analytical perspective in terms of what did
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  it give and what did it take. And maybe you can find the 10
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  years where alcohol was giving more than it was taking.
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  And maybe that was your 20s or maybe a different period.
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  But I want you to notice that as time got closer to the present,
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  alcohol started taking more than it was giving.
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  What once was a good decision became less beneficial as time
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  went on. And some people don't update
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  their behaviours and beliefs. There were things that you did
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  when you were a child that made sense when you were a child, but
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  when you were a teenager, you made a quick re evaluation.
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  There may have been a time when you were listening to certain
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  music, playing with certain toys, and you made a rapid
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  evaluation. I don't want to do that anymore.
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  And as you think back to that change, notice how effortless it
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  was. No drama, no struggle.
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  You simply made an evaluation that something you used to do
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  didn't fit with who you were when you made that new decision.
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  And what may have been useful, beneficial, even fun in your 20s
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  may not be useful, fun, or beneficial right now.
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  And when you start looking at your life from this new
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  perspective, ask yourself the question that if you had never
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  drunk at all, would you start drinking now?
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  If you'd already figured out how to have fun in social
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  situations, how to deal with intense emotions, how to find
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  the right things to complement a good meal, would you now, at
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  this age, introduce alcohol when you've already figured out how
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  to live life without it? Allow your intuition to answer
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  that question for you. No need to force it, your
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  unconscious already knows. The deeper you breathe, the more
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  relaxed you feel. The more relaxed you feel, the
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  deeper you breathe. And as your body relaxes, your
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  imagination awakens. And as your breathing deepens, I
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  wonder if you can imagine a version of you.
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  Not a fantasy, not a fake, but a real version.
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  A version of you that perhaps already exists in a parallel
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  path of your life. A version of you who simply
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  doesn't drink alcohol. And not because they're
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  resisting, and not because they're deprived, but because
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  they no longer need to and they no longer want to.
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  This is a version of you when not drinking isn't a sacrifice,
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  it's not a struggle. It's an empowered, discerning
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  enhancement to their life. And as you observe this version
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  of you notice how they move, how they think, how they carry
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  themselves. There's something different,
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  perhaps. A quiet certainty, a confidence,
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  a clarity, A presence. Because for them, alcohol is no
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  longer associated with confidence and fun.
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  They are confident without it. It's not something they switch
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  on after a few drinks. They simply are confident.
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  And you may notice that in social situations, they're not
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  scanning the room, they're not managing impressions.
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  They're simply present, grounded, comfortable,
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  comfortable in their own skin because they are authentic.
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  No need to try and fit in, no need to seek approval.
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  Maybe you can connect with what feels like truth, but nothing
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  has been taken away from them. But many things have been
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  upgraded or enhanced. Maybe their energy is cleaner,
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  their thinking sharper, their decisions more decisive, their
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  body feels lighter and maybe their sleep is deeper.
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  And maybe when challenges and problems arise, they meet it
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  differently. And as you observe that
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  different version of you, what if there's something surprising,
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  but they still enjoy everything they used to enjoy, but more
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  because now there's no darling, no compromise, no second
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  guessing. And the important thing is that
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  there is no struggle in this version of you.
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  They're not someone who is trying not to drink, not someone
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  using self-control and discipline.
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  They are someone who simply doesn't connect or identify with
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  drinking alcohol anymore. That version of them doesn't
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  want it because if at the identity level, that version
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  doesn't need it, doesn't want it and life is better without it.
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  There is no resistance, there is no struggle, there is no feeling
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  of missing out. When identity shifts, behaviour
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  follows effortlessly. And what if that old idea that
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  alcohol created confidence or connection or relaxation or
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  enjoyment was never actually true?
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  It was just something that happened at the same time.
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  I want you to get a sense that there is a difference, a
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  difference between causality and similarity.
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  Maybe you did link the 2 back then in your 20s you were having
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  fun and alcohol was involved and you added 1 + 1 and came up with
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  three. Alcohol is fun, alcohol creates
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  fun. But what if it was the people,
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  the places, the situations, the conversations that led to fun
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  and connection, and not the alcohol?
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  So allow that link to dissolve any false equivalences, Any
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  cognitive dissonance just melts away like ice in heat, and
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  something stronger replaces it. You are the source of how you
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  feel, not a drink. But you.
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  And you can make choices about what to do, where to be, who to
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  connect with. All of that is empowered, is
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  discerning, is enhancing. If life without alcohol gets
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  better, you don't need struggle not to drink it.
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  And I want you to get close to that version of you, the version
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  of you that doesn't drink, doesn't want to, doesn't need
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  to, and life is better. And just imagine stepping into
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  that version of you, no longer watching or observing them
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  anymore, but becoming them. And leave the version behind,
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  the version that wanted needed to drink alcohol.
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  Leave the old version and step into the new.
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  Feel what they feel, think how they think and stand how they
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  stand. And notice how comfortable this
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  feels. Like trying on new clothes or
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  new shoes that just fit you perfectly, not needing to
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  adjust, they just fit you fine as they are.
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  The ease, The lack of internal negotiation.
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  No Should I or shouldn't I? It's already decided at the
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  level of identity. And imagine a situation where
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  someone offers a drink, gets bottles of wine for a table of a
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  group meal, and notice there's no tension, no pressure, just a
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  calm mutual clarity. A vegan that is a vegan at the
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  identity level doesn't need willpower not to eat meat.
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  And someone that doesn't drink at the identity level doesn't
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  need willpower or discipline or self-control not to drink.
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  Feel what it would feel like when it's something you simply
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  no longer do, no longer want, and no longer need.
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  You're not losing anything. You're gaining something far
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  more valuable. Maybe it's more self respect,
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  more clarity, more freedom. More energy, better health.
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  You may even notice a quiet sense of pride.
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  Not righteous, not performative. A sense of you're proud of this
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  choice. It fits where you are now.
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  You're no longer outsourcing how you feel, you're generating it
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  from within. It's not about a future where
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  you lose alcohol. It's a future where you gain
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  more of yourself, more resources, more options, more
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  choices. Imagine what you would be
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  drinking instead. Maybe it's a particular brand of
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  sparkling water. Imagine hearing the bubbles, the
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  sound of it pouring into a glass.
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  Connect with the feeling that this is better.
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  You would rather have that sparkling water than anything
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  else to really connect with this version of you.
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  A version that is clear minded and energized, aligned,
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  connected and free. Imagine what it would be like
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  this for a week and then a month.
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  No need to make big announcements, you just act in
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  accordance with this new identity.
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  Someone offers you a drink, you have a reason why not.
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  No need for debate, no need for justification.
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  This is what you do because this is who you are.
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  As days turn into weeks and weeks turn into months, I want
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  you to imagine one day in the future where it feels strange to
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  even think that alcohol was ever a part of your life.
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  Or that there was a time that you did want it or need it
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  because this version of you truly doesn't want it, truly
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  doesn't need it. And you can see that other
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  people do want it, maybe do need it.
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  It's just that you don't. So connect with that feeling of
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  liberation, that the liberation you experience in the future
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  starts with a simple decision. Now, do you remain in this new
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  version of you, or do you choose to step back into the old
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  version of you and when your unconscious is ready to make
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  that choice? To connect with the version of
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  you that does not want alcohol, does not need it, and life is
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  better without it. Then lock that identity in and
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  you could drink if you want to but you don't want to.
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  And you could always go back to that old identity whenever you
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  choose, but that would require a new decision to choose it.
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  Allow the integration and recalibration to take place,
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  Thinking about key moments in the future and how they will be
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  different. Social situations, workplace
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  gatherings. See the new version of you in
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  those future moments where your experience is enhanced because
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  of this new identity. Time to return to the present,
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  taking all of these changes with you.
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  Take a deep breath in through your nose and out through your
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  nose and 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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  You will awaken feeling resourceful, confident and
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  connected to this new version of you.
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  It just seems to fit. Starting to count. 123 Waking up
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  456 More alert 7-8 Open your eyes.
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  Open your eyes. 910. Wide awake, wide awake, wide
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  awake. Thank you.
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