Yo-El Ju

feeling anxious, I can't get back to sleep, I'm all sweaty.

My first question is, do you drink alcohol?

because it's so common.

And then as people age, their tolerance goes down.

So even people who routinely had one or two drinks in the evening and slept fine, they're almost indignant.

Like, this is what I do.

Why am I having problems sleeping?

And I say, well, our bodies change over time.

And you may not be able to have a whole drink, or you may need to just save alcohol for once in a while.

when you're willing to sacrifice your sleep that night.

So alcohol is terrible for sleep.

I say never use it for sleep.

And this is especially because we sleep every night, meaning we don't want to use an addictive substance every night to do something because then, you know, obviously there's a risk of abuse and dependence that we don't want to encourage.

There are some apps.

I mean, I think obviously the best data are for in-person, you know, with a human therapist.

So, you know, that's what I recommend for, say, you know, my patients.

We have two psychologists at our sleep center who do CBTI.

You know, that's primarily what they do for their practice.

So that's my top choice.

Wow.