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Talk Line Andy Jackson on Seasonal Affective Disorder · WIXN AM 1460 - Shaw Local Radio

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  Speaker 1: Good morning, Sock Valley. You've joined the Waking crew here
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  Speaker 1: on FM ninety five one and AM fourteen sixty w
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  Speaker 1: I x N. We're back for a triple dose of
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  Speaker 1: talk line today. I'm joining the booth by our friends
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  Speaker 1: from Sinsissippi Centers, Andy Jackson. Andy, how are you, sir? Oh?
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  Speaker 2: Good yourself.
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  Speaker 1: I'm I'm well, I'm I'm warm here in the boots.
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  Speaker 1: H It's a little chilly.
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  Speaker 2: Out there, but you know it's January too, so one
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  Speaker 2: hundred percent.
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  Speaker 1: We're Midwesterners. If you if you ain't used to it
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  Speaker 1: by now, there's always Florida.
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  Speaker 2: I haven't seen anybody in shorts in this weather, but
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  Speaker 2: I wouldn't put it past somebody in the Midwest to
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  Speaker 2: be wearing shorts in this weather.
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  Speaker 1: Probably walk by a high school, you'll find a teenager
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  Speaker 1: out there.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, they don't like to work cuts.
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  Speaker 1: I'm cold. I'm like, there's no awards for pretending to
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  Speaker 1: not be cold. Yeah. You wanted to start off today
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  Speaker 1: talking about seasonal effective disorder. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Many people do go through short periods when they feel
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  Speaker 2: maybe sad or not like their usual selves. It might
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  Speaker 2: be described as sometimes the mood changes beginning in with
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  Speaker 2: the seasons, you know, like the winter blues due to
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  Speaker 2: shorter days in the fall and the winter, and it
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  Speaker 2: can be a kind of a come and go thing
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  Speaker 2: for some people. However, sometimes the mood changes are more
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  Speaker 2: serious and they can affect how a person you know feels, thinks, behaves.
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  Speaker 2: So if you have noticed significant changes in your mood
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  Speaker 2: and behavior when the season's changing, it's possible you may
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  Speaker 2: be experiencing what's called seasonal effective disorder or SAD for shorts.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and I mean, is there kind of a difference
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  Speaker 1: or a point where maybe people should say, hey, like,
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  Speaker 1: maybe I'm just not feeling down from not having been
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  Speaker 1: out enough, and this might be something a little more serious.
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  Speaker 2: Sure, usually it's diagnosed. If it takes a little bit
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  Speaker 2: longer to diagnose SAD because of the temporary I mean
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  Speaker 2: not temporary nature, but the short period of time that
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  Speaker 2: it might happen during one season of the year. So
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  Speaker 2: SAD symptoms start usually in the light fall or early
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  Speaker 2: winter and go away during spring and summer. That's one clue. However,
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  Speaker 2: there is a more rare version of it that starts
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  Speaker 2: in the spring and ends in the summer. And then
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  Speaker 2: looking at some of the symptoms, which these are symptoms
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  Speaker 2: of other things as well, so that's why a professional
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  Speaker 2: diagnosis would be required. But persistent sad, anxious or empty
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  Speaker 2: mood most of the day, nearly every day for at
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  Speaker 2: least two weeks, feelings of hopelessness, pessimism, those kind of things,
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  Speaker 2: loss of interest in pleasure or pleasure in hobbies and
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  Speaker 2: activities that you would normally have. Decreased energy, fatigue, feeling
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  Speaker 2: slowed down, difficulty concentrating, remembering, making decisions, changes in sleeper
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  Speaker 2: appetite or unplann weight changes, and social withdrawal or feeling
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  Speaker 2: like hibernating. Now, if those things in particular change with
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  Speaker 2: the seasons, and if you have experienced this winter before,
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  Speaker 2: that might be a big clue that you may be
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  Speaker 2: actually experiencing sad seasonal effective disorder each each winter. Or again,
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  Speaker 2: like I said, there's a rarer version of it that's
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  Speaker 2: in spring and summer.
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  Speaker 1: And this is the flu where everyone experiences the exact
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  Speaker 1: same symptoms every every time.
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  Speaker 2: Right right, Like a lot of things having to do
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  Speaker 2: with any any illness or condition. Uh, the severity can
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  Speaker 2: can vary from person to person. It could be mild,
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  Speaker 2: it could be moderate, It could be severe. So again
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  Speaker 2: and another reason to to get a professional diagnosis, if
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  Speaker 2: you have any kind of inkling that something may be
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  Speaker 2: going on, and the description of those symptoms, if you're
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  Speaker 2: experiencing those for you know, longer than say a week
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  Speaker 2: or two, uh, that is something to look into, whether
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  Speaker 2: it is sad or not. UH, to find out what
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  Speaker 2: is going on with with a set of symptoms or
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  Speaker 2: some of you know, a combination of a few of
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  Speaker 2: those symptoms, certainly something to look into.
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  Speaker 1: And there's there's treatments available for this, right there.
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  Speaker 2: Is, So if you or someone you know is it
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  Speaker 2: has said or you think they do, and and and
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  Speaker 2: and and then gets the diagnosis, talk to a mental
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  Speaker 2: health provider about that. There are treatments. Light therapy sounds simple,
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  Speaker 2: but you know, we don't see as much light during
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  Speaker 2: the winter. November is known as the cloudiest month. I
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  Speaker 2: think this year we started off maybe cloudy or in January,
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  Speaker 2: but now it's kind of gone to a more typical January.
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  Speaker 2: But still kind of that the shorter days, less light,
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  Speaker 2: so light therapy can work. Counseling sometimes medication one or
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  Speaker 2: both of those. Vitamin D actually plays a role in
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  Speaker 2: this as it does play in other illnesses that happened
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  Speaker 2: during this time of year. For instance, of vitamin D
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  Speaker 2: is very good for your immune system, so it might
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  Speaker 2: help you fight off colds and flu and other things.
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  Speaker 2: So vitamin D does play a role in SAD as well,
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  Speaker 2: and so that's important to get your vitamin D.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely have these conversations with your health provider. If you're thinking,
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  Speaker 1: don't guess, get this checked out. It does not hurt
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  Speaker 1: to have a conversation at.
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  Speaker 2: All, right, and especially because if it is SAD, this
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  Speaker 2: is kind of affecting your life. It's changing your behavior,
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  Speaker 2: it is affecting you, and so you can treat those
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  Speaker 2: symptoms so that it doesn't impact your life as much,
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  Speaker 2: you have a better quality of life.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, you don't need to wait until you
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  Speaker 1: feel like you're seriously you know, depressed and having you know,
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  Speaker 1: maybe self harming thoughts or feelings of hopelessness before you
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  Speaker 1: should be for pursuing these things. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I think I think we all know that in the
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  Speaker 2: back of our minds, we all know that something's going on,
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  Speaker 2: and what you know, just take that appropriate action of
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  Speaker 2: whatever that is. You've heard, the symptoms you've heard kind
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  Speaker 2: of what it would take to figure this out. And
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  Speaker 2: so if you have anything in the back of your
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  Speaker 2: mind that hey, maybe something like this is going on,
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  Speaker 2: absolutely yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, don't wait, check it out. Yeah, please do good information.
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  Speaker 1: I know you know, I come from that generation. Or
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  Speaker 1: it used to be you sucked it up and you
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  Speaker 1: and you just moved on. But I think we're realizing
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  Speaker 1: now that just does more harm than good. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it often can. Yeah, the jokes about when we
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  Speaker 2: were kids, if you're not if you're not amputated, just
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  Speaker 2: put a band aid on it and stay out of
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  Speaker 2: the house so you don't get it on the carpet. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: some things do. Some things definitely need treatment. And with
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  Speaker 2: all things behavioral health care, early detection and a lot
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  Speaker 2: of other illnesses as well, cancers, diabetes, all kinds of things,
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  Speaker 2: early detection and treatment is a whole lot better than,
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  Speaker 2: as you said, as we were joking a little bit
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  Speaker 2: about it, but it's a serious issue, just kind of
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  Speaker 2: ignoring it, sucking it up, thinking that we can't do
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  Speaker 2: anything about it. There's a lot of variations of why
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  Speaker 2: we might wait, but not waiting is a good thing.
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  Speaker 2: It get it diagnosed, get it treated, and as early
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  Speaker 2: as possible, and that's the best course of action.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely. You also wanted to talk about Dry January.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's something that people may or may not have
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  Speaker 2: heard of. The awareness of it is increasing. It began
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  Speaker 2: in the UK in twenty thirteen and it's been gaining
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  Speaker 2: some popularity over the last years since then. And it's
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  Speaker 2: a month long challenge where individuals abstained from alcohol to
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  Speaker 2: improve their health and well being now or at the
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  Speaker 2: end of January. So you can't do a full month
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  Speaker 2: of dry January, but it really could be done any
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  Speaker 2: thirty day period, any month, or any thirty day period
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  Speaker 2: of the year. It doesn't really matter. It doesn't have
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  Speaker 2: to be in Dry January in January to be Dry January.
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  Speaker 2: So it's like a lot of things, you could try
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  Speaker 2: it anytime, anything that has to do with diet, exercise,
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  Speaker 2: health and wellness and those kind of things. We focus
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  Speaker 2: on it in January, but you can do it anytime.
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  Speaker 2: But you know, why should you try it? Well, if
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  Speaker 2: you've been having sleep issues, if you can't seem to
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  Speaker 2: lose weight, or other reasons, cutting out alcohol could help
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  Speaker 2: your health goals. And it does have several benefits.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I mean helps your sleep your mood, energy levels.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, increase physical activity due to more energy, weight loss
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  Speaker 2: and better nutrition, reduction in liver, fat and blood sugar,
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  Speaker 2: and actually clearer skin. Alcohol can cause dehydration and skin issues,
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  Speaker 2: so upstainding can lead to clearer, more hydrated skin. So
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  Speaker 2: that's I don't think I until I became aware of
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  Speaker 2: dry January, I don't know that I had heard that
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  Speaker 2: that actually, believe it or not. So that is one
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  Speaker 2: health benefit.
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  Speaker 1: No, I had neither, but that kind of that makes sense.
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  Speaker 1: You know, when you hear of somebody kind of drying out,
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  Speaker 1: so to speak. You know, I've dealt with in my
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  Speaker 1: life with people who had had issues with alcohol and
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  Speaker 1: that kind of almost seeming to perfuse out of their
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  Speaker 1: skin to some point. So that actually makes a lot
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  Speaker 1: of sense. And I mean, too much alcohol consumption can
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  Speaker 1: have some very negative health effects.
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  Speaker 2: It can centers for disease control and prevention. Tell us
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  Speaker 2: high blood pressure is one of those that excessive alcohol
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  Speaker 2: use can lead to stroke, heart disease, and digestive problems.
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  Speaker 2: So it's a good idea.
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  Speaker 1: Try it.
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  Speaker 2: Try dry February. Maybe now that we're so you know,
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  Speaker 2: far into January, try or any thirty day period start
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  Speaker 2: tomorrow if you and go for thirty days and give
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  Speaker 2: it a try and see how the impacts on your
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  Speaker 2: health are the positive.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely, And if anybody wants to have these these conversations,
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  Speaker 1: get more of this information with you folks. Andy, what's
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  Speaker 1: the best way to do that.
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  Speaker 2: Sinesippy Center's website has a wealth of information about all
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  Speaker 2: kinds of topics and that is at sinesip dot org.
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  Speaker 1: There you have it.
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  Speaker 2: Anything else you want to share this morning, no, just
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  Speaker 2: thank you for the time and we appreciate it. I
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  Speaker 2: will say twenty four hour crisis number is eight hundred
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  Speaker 2: and two four two seven sixty four two. If you're
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  Speaker 2: in crisis, that's the number to call. Anything else other
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  Speaker 2: than crisis. You can reach any of our offices at
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  Speaker 2: eight one five two eight four sixty six one one.
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  Speaker 1: There you go. If you need the help, please don't hesitate,
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  Speaker 1: make that call and pick up the number. Andy, thank
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  Speaker 1: you so much for coming on the show.
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  Speaker 2: Oh thank you, My pleasure