287. Sobriety Gifts - A Sibling Story with Kelly and Hans

You Are Not Broken

Kelly Casperson, MD

Medicine, Health & Fitness

5 • 743 Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of the You Are Not Broken podcast, Dr. Kelly Casperson and her brother Hans share their personal journey of sobriety, discussing the challenges and triumphs they faced while quitting alcohol. They explore the emotional triggers associated with drinking, the importance of community support, and the health benefits of living a sober life. The conversation also touches on navigating social situations, the impact of sobriety on relationships, and the emotional work required to maintain a sober lifestyle. Ultimately, they emphasize the positive changes that come from choosing sobriety and the importance of reframing the narrative around quitting drinking. Takeaways Sobriety can lead to greater presence and energy. Understanding urges is crucial in the journey to sobriety. Support from the community and meetings can be invaluable. Social situations can be navigated without alcohol. Sobriety has significant health benefits beyond physical health. Emotional management skills improve when alcohol is removed. Quitting drinking can break generational patterns of alcohol use. The language we use around quitting drinking matters. Emotional work is essential for long-term sobriety. Trusting the process is key to overcoming fears about sobriety. Quit Like A Woman Sober Curious Thanks to our sponsor Midi Women's Health. Designed by midlife experts, delivered by experienced clinicians, covered by insurance. Midi is the first virtual care clinic made exclusively for women 40+. Evidence-based treatments. Personalized midlife care. https://www.joinmidi.com See Full Prescribing Information and Medication Guide, including Boxed Warning for severe low blood pressure and fainting in certain settings at addyi.com/pi Thanks to our sponsor Sprout Pharmaceuticals. To find out if Addyi is right for you, go to addyi.com/notbroken and use code NOTBROKEN for a $10 telemedicine appointment. Order my book "You Are Not Broken: Stop "Should-ing" All Over You Sex Life" Listen to my Tedx Talk: Why we need adult sex ed Take my Adult Sex Ed Master Class: Join my membership to get these episodes ASAP, a private facebook group to discuss and my private accountability group for your health, hormones and life support! www.kellycaspersonmd.com/membership Interested in my sexual health and hormone clinic? Starts January 2025. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey friends, welcome back to the You're Not Broken podcast. This is episode 287. Can you freaking
0:04.9	believe it? I'm almost at 300. And January 1st will be five years of this podcast. So thank you for
0:11.0	following, liking, sharing, spreading the word. This podcast is huge because of you and because you
0:16.7	shared this and because somebody shared it with you. So thank you so much for being here.
0:21.3	I'm so incredibly proud of this. And I would say episode 287, which is this one, is the most
0:26.0	personal episode I've ever done doing this with my brother Hans today. But before we get
0:31.5	started, I want to remind you of two things. Number one, it is October, which is Menopause Awareness
0:36.4	Month. And on October 18th, which is World Menopause Day, PBS is premiering the M Factor film, which is a film by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, Jacoba Atlas, and executive producers, Tamsin Fidel, Denise Pines, and Joanne Lamarca Matheson.
0:53.8	So check it out on PBSbs.org for healthcare providers, doctors, you can get CME.
1:00.0	They got CME for this.
1:01.8	So come on, come all.
1:03.1	It is a very comprehensive, like doesn't, doesn't explain what this documentary is.
1:10.2	I'm in it. I'm in the end of it. I say funny,
1:13.3	sassy things. So come for the education, stay for the Kelly Casperson, and drop in some
1:18.5	truth bombs about hormones and testosterone. And God bless to two of my amazing patients who live
1:25.6	with me in my town. They don't live with me, but they live with me in
1:28.2	my town. And they actually made the cut. So I'm pretty proud that we gave some pretty high
1:34.9	quality stuff that they kept it in the documentaries. Documentary is less than an hour long.
1:40.4	So watch it, watch it with your partner, watch it with your sister, watch it with your mother.
1:44.9	We really need to normalize this event that happens to all women if you live past age 50 on average, which, you know, God bless because of modern medicine we do.
1:57.2	So we need to normalize this like pregnancy and puberty.
1:59.7	It's rough, but it is common and
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