{"id":127988,"date":"2026-01-18T12:34:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T12:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/127988\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T12:34:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T12:34:07","slug":"ttuhsc-psychiatrist-weighs-in-on-impacts-of-dry-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/127988\/","title":{"rendered":"TTUHSC psychiatrist weighs in on impacts of “Dry January”"},"content":{"rendered":"

LUBBOCK, TX<\/a>\u2013 The term \u201cDry January\u201d has grown in popularity over the years. This means for the month of January you either cut back on alcohol or cut out alcohol all together. TTUHSC Clinical Psychiatrist Dr. Poorvanshi Alag said for some participating in this trend can help with long term changes, but things will get worse before they improve.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat really happens is that one notices worsening anxiety. The second thing that people notice is in the first few weeks the cravings happen to get worse,\u201d Dr. Alag said.<\/p>\n

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This adjustment period she said is normal and does not mean the \u201cDry January\u201d is not working. This all means your body and brain are trying to work together. She also mentioned even though one month may not seem like a lot of time, one month can be the start to long term changes.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re not willing to quit altogether, even if you can cut down a tiny bit\u2026.and make sure you\u2019re not using it as an aid or crutch\u2026some is better than none,\u201d Dr. Alag said.<\/p>\n

Another important things she noted was if you start to notice alcohol impacting your daily life, it may be time to seek help from a professional.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe goal is not to judge or make you feel bad\u2026the goal is really if you can seek the help you\u2019re looking for it is obviously life changing long term,\u201d Dr. Alag said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LUBBOCK, TX\u2013 The term \u201cDry January\u201d has grown in popularity over the years. This means for the month…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":127989,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":{"0":"post-127988","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lubbock","8":"tag-lubbock","9":"tag-lubbock-headlines","10":"tag-lubbock-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}