What do you really want? 

There is a difference between "wanting to not overeat" and wanting to "not want to overeat."

There is a difference between "wanting to not drink" and wanting to "not want to drink."

The second one makes the first one a whole lot easier.

It's easy not to drink if you don't actually WANT a drink.

And avoiding overeating is a whole lot easier if you have no desire to do it than it is if you have to fight off a powerful urge.

What if instead of fighting off a compulsion to eat in response to stress, stressful circumstances just didn't make you want to eat (or drink alcohol, or smoke, or whatever your issue is)?

What if instead of fighting off a craving for chocolate (or chips, or alcohol, or cigarettes, or whatever), you just didn't crave it anymore?

Try this: think of some food you don't much like.

How hard it is to say no if someone offers it to you?

Not hard at all, right?

Because you don't want it to begin with.

What if that's how you felt about overeating? What if you just weren't interested in doing it anymore?

What if you could eat and enjoy one Oreo without needing (or wanting) to eat the whole bag?

There's a big difference between giving into a craving for a food, a drink, or a cigarette, fighting off a craving, and simply no longer having one.

And there's a big difference between giving into an urge to eat, drink, or smoke when you're feeling anxious, angry, scared, bored (or whatever), fighting off that urge, and simply no longer having that urge in response to those situations.

What if you didn't dread going to holiday gatherings because you were no longer afraid you would be too tempted by the food and beverages?

What if you could just go enjoy time with your friends and family, have a little food (or not) without losing control?

What if you could handle a stressful family situation at the holidays (or any other time, for that matter) without running for food, alcohol, or cigarettes?

What if it were no longer the case that you wanted to stop DOING something but couldn't get yourself to stop?

What if you just didn't WANT to do that thing anymore?

How easy would it be to not do something that you didn't want to do, rather than forcing yourself not to do something part of you really wanted to do?

What would that look like for you?

What do you really want?

To stop yourself from overeating, drinking, or smoking?

Or to simply not have the desire to do those things, so that stopping becomes easy?

Ask yourself that.

What do you really want?

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