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The Chamber of Clones - Alcohol Reduction Hypnosis · The Hypnotist

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  Welcome to The Hypnotist, the show that gives you inside
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  issues. Brought to you by the
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  enjoy today's episode of The Hypnotist.
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  Hi, Adam here. And you're about to listen to an
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  alcohol reduction hypnosis session that uses quite a
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  powerful metaphor and it's a metaphor of cloning.
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  So I was working with a client that had a relationship with
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  alcohol that they didn't want. And that was that they would
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  drink too much or they would start drinking and then that
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  would create a chain reaction where they would drink more and
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  then they would feel groggy or non productive or with low
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  energy the following day. And there was a bit of a pattern
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  connected to that. So what this hypnosis session
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  does is it creates A-frame where they get to test out what it
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  would be like to have three different intentions over the
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  next 12 months. The first intention is to do
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  everything as it is, and the reason why it's important to
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  keep. The status quo.
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  As an option is there is this wonderful phrase called
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  whatever. You're not changing your
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  choosing, and a lot of people don't realize that keeping
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  things as they are is still a choice.
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  So we introduce that as the first option, keeping things
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  exactly as it is. They drink just as much as they
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  have been, and with all the problems and consequences that
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  was causing. Option 2 is what they felt would
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  be a preferred option, which is drinking once a week and not too
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  much. The level which was up to a
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  bottle of wine for them would be the level that they knew from
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  the history that they could drink without having hangovers
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  and feeling groggy the next day. So one evening, a week of
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  drinking up to a level where they're not going to get
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  hangovers and kind of health issues.
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  And then option 3 was not drinking at all.
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  And what this is designed to do is to take one of them off the
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  table and then do what they would call a marketing, a split
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  test. And that is comparing one way of
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  living with another way of living.
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  And then they get to choose which is actually better for
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  them based on an experiential level rather than this idea of,
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  well, just not do what I'm doing.
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  It's much easier to change a behaviour than it is to stop a
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  behaviour because you've got all those neural pathways already
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  built. So in this hypnosis session, it
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  encourages her to clone three different versions of her and
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  then see how they live for a year, with each of those
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  intentions as a level of disassociation as the observer,
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  and then stepping into the preferred way of living.
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  Even though it was wine for this particular client, it might be a
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  different type of alcohol. Maybe it's beer for you, or
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  maybe it's a spirit like vodka or gin or rum, something else.
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  So you can just replace wine with whatever your drink is in
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  the session, just kind of intellectually replace it as
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  you're listening to it. Or it might be a different
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  substance. Maybe you want to imagine three
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  different futures, but instead of alcohol, it might be
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  cigarettes or a different recreational drug or a habit
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  that you're doing too much of in the current form.
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  So all of this is going on in this hypnosis session.
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  It's longer than my normal ones. It's right about half an hour
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  and you get to test drive different future versions of
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  you, what's called future pacing or pseudo orientation in time.
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  Now this recording here that you're listening to either on
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  YouTube or the podcast, it has the intro.
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  It has this explanation that I've just done.
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  the intro, the outro and just the MP3 of the hypnosis session
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  hypnosis recordings, but also videos on there as well free
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  because you'd be a member of the club in the the free trial is
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  either seven days or 14 days, depending on what option you
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  downloads. So if you like this kind of
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  hypnosis and you don't want all of the explanations, click the
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  link and then you get 22 free downloads plus access to a free
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  trial of the membership. And if you like the idea of
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  working with me directly, there is also a suitability test that
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  you can take in the description as well that enables you to see
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  if hypnosis is the right kind of thing for you or not.
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  Would you be a good candidate for hypnotherapy?
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  So for now though, because you might get some real value from
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  this hypnosis sessions. 30 minutes, quite deep, quite good
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  for behaviour change. So find a quiet, comfortable
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  place where you won't be 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, feel a wonderful sense of letting go.
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  Letting go of any tension, any stress, any worries.
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  Letting go particularly of any tension around the eyelids as
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  your eyes feel heavier and heavier.
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  Breathing in relaxation and exhaling tension, each breath
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  taking you deeper and deeper. Relaxed, so relaxed you start to
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  feel what it would feel like to drift away.
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  And I want you to think of a place.
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  A place that you know now that you will also be able to go back
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  to that same place one year from now.
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  And I want your imagination to choose a place in nature, or at
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  least outside. Maybe it's near a beach or a
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  pool. And I want you to imagine
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  feeling the warmth of sunshine on your skin, maybe even feel
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  that humidity, the heat. And there is something about the
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  sunshine, the temperature, the humidity that just feels so
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  relaxing. In the same way that something
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  freezing cold, like a cold dip in the pool, can invigorate,
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  that heat and humidity can really feel like it's melting
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  away any tension. That's it.
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  Allow yourself to drift deeper and deeper, relaxed and allow
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  that relaxation you feel in your eyelid spread to your forehead,
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  breathing in relaxation, exhaling tension.
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  Just allow that relaxation spread down to the jaw,
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  breathing getting slower and deeper.
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  And imagine what it would be like to yawn.
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  But don't yawn. Just imagine it activate the
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  neural pathway of a yawn. Because even thinking of a yawn
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  starts to release trapped tension, enabling you to drift
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  into that place of ever increasing resourceful
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  relaxation, enabling you to feel deeper and deeper relaxed.
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  And I want you to use the power of your imagination to imagine a
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  futuristic chamber, a machine, something that looks like it's
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  from a science fiction movie. I want you to imagine stepping
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  into the chamber and seeing the number 3 and pressing #3 and
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  then imagine a surge of energy, the crackle of power.
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  And then imagine as you leave the chamber, you see three
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  people that look exactly like you.
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  Imagine how it would feel to have cloned yourself three
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  times. You are still you, but there are
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  now three different versions of you.
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  And we can consider this an experiment, a social experiment,
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  to see the impact of three different ways of living over a
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  year. I want you to sit down with the
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  1st and explain to them that you want them to keep drinking
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  alcohol to the same level and in the same ways that they've
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  always done. To tell themselves that they
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  should reduce, but they really won't.
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  To overindulge. To have those hangovers, the
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  days where they feel sluggish, drained of energy.
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  We tell that version of you that this should be the most fun.
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  But deep down, knowing it probably wouldn't be, Consider
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  this the status quo, how it's always been.
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  And you've heard that saying that if you keep doing what
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  you've always done, you'll keep getting what you've always got.
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  And this is the first version of you.
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  And immediately see that version pour themselves a glass of wine.
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  No limits, no restrictions. They get to drink as much as
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  they want. And you tell them that you will
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  meet them back here one year from now.
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  And off they go, living their life and then sit down with the
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  second clone of you. Now the plan for this second
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  version of you is to have a boundary, a guideline, a way of
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  finding perhaps moderation. This second clone of you, you're
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  briefing them that once per week they can have one afternoon or
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  evening where they can drink up to a bottle of whatever wine
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  they choose, but only once per week.
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  And if it's once per week, then it makes sense for them to be
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  discerning as to what they're drinking, when they're drinking,
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  and who they are drinking with. Imagine this clone asking you
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  questions, testing the boundaries like the
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  velociraptors in Jurassic Park, seeing if there's any
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  weaknesses, but find yourself being very clear.
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  A maximum of once per week up to a bottle.
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  But they get all the choices about how they make that happen.
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  And if that second clone understands the brief, the
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  remit, let me know by nodding your head and allow them to ask
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  any questions. What happens if they have too
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  much and maybe an idea pops into your head that if they have too
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  much that means they have less in the future.
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  Or if they go over that one bottle limit then they have to
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  have two weeks before they can have another bottle on one
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  evening again. But allow your unconscious to
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  listen to the questions and then find something fair and
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  reasonable. And if your clone agrees with
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  this brief, this remit, then arrange to meet them in this
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  same location one year from now. And you get to evaluate the
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  impact and see that version of you going away, already thinking
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  about what afternoon or evening will be the one that they enjoy
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  a bottle of wine and then sit down with your third clone.
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  This version of you already knows that you can be without
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  alcohol and enjoy yourself. This version of you knows that
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  you sleep better, have more energy, feel more desire to be
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  more active, accomplish more. The brief to this version of you
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  is not not to drink alcohol, but to find other ways.
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  To enjoy, to connect, to socialize that don't involve
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  alcohol. This is a future of strategic
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  substitutions, swapping one thing for something else to
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  increase the quality of your life without needing alcohol to
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  be a part of it. This version of you requires
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  more creativity, more problem solving.
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  But we'll probably have even more health benefits, social
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  benefits. Even cognitive benefits, because
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  sometimes when the door is completely closed, you start
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  looking for open doors without worrying or wondering when that
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  closed door will open again. And allow that version of you to
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  ask. Ask you questions.
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  Help them to clarify what that future of no alcohol at all
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  means. When that third clone of you
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  fully understands the brief, let me know by nodding her head.
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  And then arrange to meet them back in this same location one
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  year from now. And then imagine they've all
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  gone their separate ways, but you go into the chamber, that
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  futuristic chamber that can clone yourself but also distort
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  time. And inside the chamber, I want
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  you to see three screens. I want you to see the first
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  screen showing you the key events over the next year of
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  that first version of you that was drinking whenever they
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  wanted. Maybe see them looking groggy,
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  gaining weight, missing out on the freedom to explore new
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  places. Whatever comes up on that
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  screen, just allow it to reveal real or possible consequences of
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  that version of you. And then look at the second
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  screen, the version of you that's figured out how to enjoy
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  alcohol responsibly. 1 evening per week.
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  See the positives, but also anything that isn't quite right,
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  that could be refined and amended.
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  But over the year, that version of you figured out how to make
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  it work. Choice of glasses, choice of
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  wine, choice of location, and even day of the week.
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  They figured out a way to make it work for them, but also see
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  that they were happy socializing, meeting with
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  friends, eating in restaurants, and not needing alcohol to enjoy
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  those social occasions. And then look at the third
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  screen, the version of you that is enjoying your life without
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  alcohol being a part of it. Maybe it reveals something
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  surprising or creative, new ways for you to feel a certain way,
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  to enjoy life, to feel connected, to relax after a
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  difficult day. Just allow the screens to reveal
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  insights like you're seeing yourself, like other people,
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  living three different lives, and allow your intuition to
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  reveal a feeling as to which of these three lives feels more
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  appealing to you. And in the same way that a movie
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  can condense a lifetime down to an hour and a half, imagine
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  these screens can condense a year down to just a few minutes.
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  Because when you leave the chamber, a year has passed and
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  the first person you meet when you leave the chamber is that
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  version of you drinking whatever they wanted as much as they
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  wanted, living life in that way. When you meet them, make an
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  evaluation their health, well-being, levels of happiness.
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  Maybe look for signs of tiredness around the rise.
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  The key thing that reveals health issues is the biggest
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  organ in the human body, the skin.
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  Look at the skin of that version of you that's drunk without
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  limit, no restrictions for a year.
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  Not to judge, just to evaluate. And then have a conversation
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  with that version of you to figure out if this is the kind
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  of future you would like. Consider it almost like trying
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  on clothes in a fitting room. There are three versions of you
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  and you get to decide which one is most appealing.
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  Ask that version of you what the worst consequences or worst part
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  of drinking without any limitation was.
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  Maybe it is the energy levels, maybe there was a health issue,
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  maybe something else. But when you feel you have
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  enough information, let me know by nodding your head.
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  Allow them to move to the side and then see the second version
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  of you. The version of you that found a
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  way to enjoy alcohol once per week and again.
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  See them evaluate the health, happiness, quality of life.
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  Maybe they look slimmer, Maybe they look healthier.
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  Evaluate the stress levels. Evaluate it all.
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  Ask them about the good and the not so good drinking this way
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  where once per week they have up to a bottle of wine.
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  And if you feel you have enough information to make a discerning
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  evaluation, let me know by nodding your head.
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  That's it. And say goodbye to them, just
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  briefly, and then see the version of you, your clone the
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  whole year, without any alcohol whatsoever.
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  Again, you get to evaluate their health, the energy levels, and
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  maybe there's something surprising about this version of
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  you, something you weren't expecting.
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  I want you to ask them what they did as strategic substitutes,
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  those inspiring alternatives that still led to a good quality
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  of life even though alcohol wasn't there.
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  Treat this like intuitive reconnaissance test driving
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  different ways of living to make the decision, but to figure out
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  the two versions of you you'd like to try.
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  When you have enough information about the third version of you
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  to make an evaluation a decision, let me know by nodding
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  your head. And now, with all three of them
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  standing in front of you, you have to decide which of the
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  three you wouldn't like to try this next year.
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  One of them will just be less appealing than the other two.
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  And this isn't a spontaneous, mindless decision.
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  This is a thoughtful, intuitive decision and when you've decided
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  which one you would like to remove from your future, let me
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  know by nodding your head and I would like you with the
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  remaining 2 to take away any feelings of pressure, struggle,
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  discipline to treat the next 12 months like a real life
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  experiment that you will test both futures to figure out which
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  one works best for you. Some people say don't guess test
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  and you get to test in your own way.
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  That could be 6 months of one and six months of the other.
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  It could be one month of one and one month of the other where you
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  could simply alternate weeks. But I'd like you to allow your
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  intuition to decide which feels most appealing to test these
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  different versions of you, knowing that through experience
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  you're likely to find a winner. And when you find that winner,
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  that becomes your ideal way of living.
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  That doesn't mean you're a slave to that, because you can refine
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  it as often as you need to, but refining something that is
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  already wonderful is more effective than doing something
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  that doesn't work at all. And when your intuition, your
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  unconscious, knows how you will test these two different
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  versions of you, let me know by nodding your head.
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  That's it. And I want you to step into the
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  one that you'll be trialling first.
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  It doesn't matter which one. What's important is that you're
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  stepping into the version of you that you're trialling first.
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  And you know the length of time you're trialling this version,
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  knowing that the first trial isn't about perfection, it's
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  about figuring out how to make this way of living work for you.
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  Any minor setbacks is just a feedback loop.
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  The different conversations, different decisions, different
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  refinements until you make that way of living workable, viable,
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  experiential. And now that you're in that
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  version of you start to think what the next few days and weeks
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  would be like. And deciding in advance the time
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  that you hand over the baton to that other version of you.
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  And when you know in advance what the future is intending to
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  be like, let me know by nodding your head.
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  That's in stay in this body, return to the chamber and then
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  see the number one. These three versions become one.
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  Knowing that you're testing two different ways of living, it's
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  time to return to the presence. Take a deep breath in through
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  your nose and out through your nose.
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  Wiggle your fingers and wiggle your toes.
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  That's in as I now count from 1:00 to 10:00 to awaken you
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  starting to count 123 waking up 456 more alert. 7-8, open your
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  eyes. Open your eyes 910 Wide awake,
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  Wide awake. Wide awake.
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