Many people don’t realize they have a drinking problem. Sometimes they drink a bottle of beer after a hard day at work, we meet a bar at a bar on Friday, we raise a glass to your health on holidays - is that really an addiction? No, but this behavior can turn into alcoholism. Even a rare alcohol can do a lot of damage to your health. How to stop drinking? In this article, we will share effective and simple methods for stopping drinking quickly.
Signs of alcoholism
- Non-alcoholic parties are not fun.
- The person starts drinking alone.
- When you are sober, you experience constant anxiety and discomfort.
- Drinking alcohol is painful for a few days in a row.
- Non-drinkers are embarrassed.
- After severe poisoning, one does not remember anything.
If you find two or more signals, think about possible problems.
Stages of Alcoholism
First section
Key Features:
- The amount of alcohol consumed by an alcoholic is constantly increasing. The body resists high degrees.
- The geg reflex disappears.
- The person starts drinking alone.
- There is a desire to drink at the wrong time.
- Out of memory.
- A person does scandals at home, quarrels with colleagues.
- Interest in important matters ceases.
- If you don't drink for a while, your craving for alcohol will disappear.
- It is difficult to maintain control over the amount you drink.
The second stage of alcoholism
At this stage, the alcoholic becomes more loyal to strong drinks and unnoticed increases the dose.
Key Features:
- Alcoholic behavior becomes difficult to predict, sometimes dangerous to others and to oneself.
- Physiological dependence is increasing. In the morning one suffers from a severe hangover, during the day it is harder to work.
- Nausea, high blood pressure, high heart rate, trembling hands and feet, high fever.
- Difficult to reconcile with external stimuli such as strong lights or loud noises.
- The alcoholic experiences a gloomy mood, constantly feeling tension.
- Start raising towards people close to you.
- The intellect diminishes, concentrating attention becomes problematic.
- The patient realizes that he or she is impaired by drinking alcohol, but is unable to overcome the addiction.
The third stage of alcoholism
What changes are typical for the third stage? Key Features:
- An alcoholic drinks alcohol virtually every day.
- Noticeable personality loss.
- Abnormal mental changes.
- Grade 3 alcoholism is also associated with the following diseases:
- Cirrhosis of the liver.
- Alcoholic indurative inflammation of the pancreas.
- Alcoholic gastritis.
- Alcoholic cardiomyopathy.
- Alcoholic neuropathy.
- Psychic changes occur in hallucinations and delusions.
Easy way to stop drinking on your own
Find a replacement alcohol
This requires some free time. It is advisable that the hobby has nothing to do with alcohol. This is the most effective and easiest way to stop drinking on your own. The best thing is to find an activity that completely absorbs you - sports, dancing, acting. If you find something you like, after a while it turns out to you that even if you drink only a little, the next day will be hard. Then you want to get rid of this inconvenience and the alcohol will be forgotten.
Chat with others
Do you mostly like making friends with fun people who don’t bother to have some drinks on Fridays and beyond? Think about whether there is anything outside of parties that binds you? If not, nothing catastrophic will happen with the loss of these people in their lives.
According to reviews, communication helps to get rid of alcoholism. Communicate with non-drinking friends, preferably those who set an example for you. Then you want to be the same looking at them, and that encourages change.
Don’t test your willpower - don’t agree to sit in a bar with your friends with baking soda when everyone is drinking. They will definitely offer a drink, and in order not to seem boring, they will most likely agree.
Praise yourself
Alcohol is expensive. Therefore, if you leave, you can save a lot of money. Buy with them something you dreamed of but couldn’t afford. It will be a reward for giving up a bad habit.
Quit smoking
If you're sad, you just want to sit down on the windowsill, smoke and drink a glass of wine. Smokers also need to give up nicotine. Tobacco and alcohol always go hand in hand.
Don't give up alcohol forever
Be clear about what's going on. Don't say goodbye to alcohol forever. Otherwise, there is a risk that you will quickly become depressed and break in the moment of weakness.
Reassure yourself to reduce your addiction, but this abstinence is not eternal. You can drink again if you take control of the situation.
What should you remember when fighting alcoholism at home?
- Alcoholism develops slowly. The disease is noticeable in the early stages and can be stopped immediately.
- With the alcoholism of the second and third stages, health, freshness, beauty, youth are lost. Alcoholics spoil relationships with others.
- It can be completely defeated by a proper fight against alcoholism. The former patient can afford a few glasses on holidays without breaking it down.
- If an alcoholic breaks down, you shouldn’t blame yourself for it. Don't be depressed and selfish. Everything happens gradually, next time it will be easier.