OR
OR JUST
OR JUST OVER A WEEK INTO A TREND CALLED DRY JANUARY WHERE PEOPLE DON'T
DRINK ALCOHOL FOR THE FIRST
MONTH OF THE YEAR.
FROM THE PANDEMIC4@ EVENTS IN
WASHINGTON, THIS COMES AFTER
MANY PEOPLE HAVE LEANED ON
ALCOHOL4@ TO GET THROUGH WHAT'S
BEEN A VERY STRESSFUL FEW
MONTHS, ALMOST A WHOLE YEAR.
WHILE IT'S A SERIOUS ISSUE,
SOME PEOPLE JOKED ABOUT THE DRY
JANUARY TREND ON TWITTER.
U.S. REPRESENTATIVE BRENDAN
BOYLE FROM PENNSYLVANIA REALLY4@
SUMMED IT UP WITH THIS TWEET4@
ASKING IF WEDNESDAY'S R4@IOTS AT
THE CAPITAL WERE ENOUGH OF AN
EXCUSE TO BREAK DRY JANUARY
BUSCH BEER TWEETED THE
QUESTION.
WHAT IS DRY JANUARY?
BUT FOR SOME IT'S BEEN A
POSITIVE EXPERIENCE SO FAR.
PETER TWEETED THAT HE GOT AN
EARLY START AN EXERCISED.
BUT JOKES ASIDE, ALCOHOL
CONSUMPTION IS A SERIOUS4@ ISSUE
FOR SOME PEOPLE AND DOCTORS SAY
TAKING A PAUSE OR CUTTING BACK
DRINKING HAS HEALTH BENEFITS
FROM HELPING YOUR LIVER TO
MENTAL HEALTH.
STAYING SOBER COULD HELP GET 20
21 STARTED4@ REFRESHED AND
FOCUSED.
TEN NEWS ANCHOR ROBIN WILHOIT
TALKED WITH DR.4@ PATRICK JENSEN
FROM COVENANT HEALTH ABOUT WHY
THIS TREND IS SO BENEFICIAL AND
TIPS TO KEEP YOU ON TRACK.
>>4@ DR. JENSEN, THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR TAKING SOME TIME TO
TALK WITH US ABOUT DRY JANUARY
GIVEN THE STRESS4@ PANDEMIC.
AND THEN OF COURSE COMING OFF
OF THE HOLIDAYS I THINK4@ IT'S
SAFE TO SAY A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY
BE CONSUMED MORE THAN ENOUGH.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS
TREND OF4@ T4@AKING ON A DRY
JANUARY?
>> WELL, INDEED.
YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT BE ONE OF
THOSE NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS
AND ELEGIBLE TRY TO CONVINCE
THEMSELVES TO AND IT CAN4@4@ VEY
HELPFUL IN TERMS OF ANY KIND OF
PROBLEM4@ THAT A DRINKING
BEHAVIOR THAT MIGHT HAVE BEGAN
AS PEOPLE TRY TO UTILIZE THAT
TO COPE4@.
BUT THERE NEED TO BE SOME
PRECAUTIONS WITH THAT AS WELL,
PARTICULARLY IF SOMEONE4@ HAS AY
KIND OF ALCOHOL DEPENDANCE THEY
MIGHT4@ HAVE WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS
IF THEY TRIED TO WORK PROPERLY,
STOP4@.
SO IF ANYONE FEELS THAT THEY
WANT TO ENGAGE IN A DRY JANUARY
BUT FELT THEY HAD SOME PROBLEM
MANIC A4@LCOHOLIC BEHAVIORS
LEADING UP TO THAT4@4@ TIME THEY
SHOULD COME INTO THE CARE OF
THEIR PHYSICIAN.
YOU CAN GIVE THEM SOME ADVICE
ABOUT HOW TO GO ABOUT DOING
THAT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE SAFE.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE HEALTH
BENEFITS THEY LIVE MAYBE TAKING
A PRIZE WHEN IT COMES TO
CONSUMING ALCOHOL.
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS >> OF4@
ABSOLUTELY.
WE4@LL, PROBLEMATIC ALCOHOL USE
OR EVEN4@4@4@4@4@ DAILY ALCOHOL
ABSOLUTELY. WE4@LL, PROBLEMATIC ALCOHOL USE OR EVEN4@4@4@4@4@ DAILY ALCOHOLN
HAVE SOME ADVERSE HEALTH
EFFECTS SUCH AS ADVERSE EFFECTS
ON THE LIVER.
WE DO KNO4@W THAT OVER SEVERAL
YEARS DAILY OR CHRONIC ALCOHOL
USE CAN DEVELOP IT HAD PROBLEMS
.
SO TAKING A BREAK WILL HELP
YO4@UR LIVER A DEGREE THEY4@ CAN
ALSO BE SOM4@E MENTAL HEALTH
BENEFITS TO YOU KNOW, A DRY
JANUARY OR NOT DRINKING.
WE DO KNOW THAT ALCOHOL HAS ALL
KINDS OF4@ EFFECTS ON THE BRAIN
SUCH AS SEDATION.
IT CAN SLOW DOWN REFLEXES AND
YOUR SPEED4@ THINKING.
AND OF COURSE THERE IT CAN BE A
PHYSICAL4@ LOGICAL DEPENDANCE ON
ALCOHOL.
PEOPLE CAN DEVELOP4@ WITHDRAWALS
TO ABRUPT CESSATION.
AND SO4@ TAKING TIME AWAY FROM
OUT OF WILL MITIGATE OR HELP
PREVENT THOSE KINDS OF ADVERSE4@
AFFECTS.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S OTHER KINDS
OF EFFECTS THAT4@ ALCOHOL CAN BE
PROBLEMATIC WITH >> SUCH.
DRINKING AND DRIVING YOU CAN
GET INTO THE EGO4@ PROBLEMS
SOMETIMES ALCOHOL COST
INTERPERSONAL PROBLEMS BECAUSE
IT CAN LEAD TO MORE IMPULSIVITY
IN YOUR RELATIONSHIP YOU MIGHT
DO AND SAY THINGS YOU NORMALLY
WOULDN'T DO OR SAY BECAUSE4@ YOU
MIGHT BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF
ALCOHOL.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF POTENTIAL
SOCIAL4@, MEDICAL AND MENTAL
HEALTH BENEFITS.
>> CAN YOU GIVE US SOME
INSIGHTS AND DIRECTION?
SAY SOMEONE IS LIKE YOU KNOW,
THIS IS SOMETHING I WANT TO
GIVE IT GIVE IT A TRY.
WBIR4@ JANUARY.
WHAT ARE SOME SOME
RECOMMENDATIONS SOME TIPS THAT
YOU COULD THROW OUT TO A PERSON
WHO IS LIK4@E HEY, LET'S SEE HOW
THIS WORKS FOR ME?
>> WELL ABSOLUTELY WHAT PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN HOPING IS ALCOHOL ALL
THEY NEED TO FIND A DIFFERENT
COPING STRATEGY >> OTHERWISE
WILL BE MORE >> CHALLENGING TO
HAVE A DRY4@ J4@ANUARY OR DRY
PERIOD, YOU KNOW, IN THEIR4@
LIVES.
AND SO COMING UP WITH VERY
EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES TO COPE
WITH ANXIETY AND STRESS CAN4@ BE
HELPFUL AND BEING SUCCESS4@FUL
SUCH AS EXERCISE4@, ENGAGING IN
HOBBIES THAT HELPED DISTRACT
THEM4@ FROM STRESS AND OTHER
KINDS OF RELAXATION TECHNIQUES
CAN BE HELPFUL AS4@ WELL.
>> GREAT INFORMATION AS WE
LAUNCH 2010 ONE.
DR. JENSEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH4@
FOR SPENDING SOME TIME WIT4@H US
AND SHARING YOUR INSIGHT WITH
US.
WE DO APPRECIATE YOU >> IF
YOU'RE TRYING THIS OUT, SOME
THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND NOT ALL
OR NOTHING IF YOUR DAY DRY
JANUARY IS MORE LIKE DAMP JUNE
.
THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
THE T4@REND IS MORE ABOUT
EVALUATING YOUR DRINKING HABITS
SO THAT YOU CAN MAKE HEALTHIER
CHOICES YEAR ROUND.
AND THIS DOCTOR JOHNSON
MENTIONED FINDING OTHER WAYS TO@
COPE WITH STRESS IS A PLACE TO
START.
HERE ARE SOME OTHER TIPS TO4@
HAVE A SUCCESSFUL DRY JANUARY.
FIRST FIND SOMETHI4@NG ELSE TO
DRINK4@ MAYBE A SPARKLING WATER
OR A MOCKTAIL.
GET A GOOD SUPPORT NETWORK
BEHIND YOU.
ASK SOME OF YOUR FRIENDS OR
FAMILY MEMBERS TO DO DRY
JANUARY