Had a topic close to this last night.
I like to point out a scene in the movie Ground Hog's Day.
Every day Murray wakes up and tries to save a drunk from dying. He goes through the motions every day. The results are always the same. We drink, we heap misery upon ourselves and many times, people that love us etc.
We call it playing the tape through. Same results, different day
YouTube - Groundhog Day - The Power of Change