Many women are sure that nothing terrible will happen if they drink a little beer or a glass of wine in the evening to relax after a hard day. A single drink of alcohol will not hurt, but if the evening "relaxation" is repeated frequently, they will gradually fall into the category of habits and addiction will develop. under the eyes, and without a dose of alcohol it is no longer possible to cope with irritability.
How to stop drinking alone
Women are almost twice as likely to become alcohol addicts as men and find it harder to quit. Usually, refusal to drink alcohol is caused by various stresses:
- identification of a serious illness;
- pregnancy (desire to wear a healthy child);
- the need to care for loved ones (parents, husband, child).
The woman then mobilizes all her will to rectify the situation and "forgets" the need for daily alcohol consumption. Well, if you don’t have a strong stimulus on the outside, and in the evening your hand usually reaches for the bottle, it’s important to recognize your problem and decide to give up alcohol forever.
How to force yourself
First, you need to determine the cause of your desire for alcohol. This can turn out to be a painful lack of self-confidence, everyday problems, misunderstandings of loved ones and much more. Determining the provocative factor is an important step. If the cause is not eliminated, motivation may weaken in the future.
If the reasons are difficult to find out on your own, you should seek help from a psychologist. In parallel, you should consider what you should lose if you continue to drink. The list is likely to include:
- career;
- respect for children and husband;
- beauty and health.
The motive can be anything. It is important that you really want to maintain your existing successes.
After making a decision and setting priorities, the hardest part begins. It is necessary to overcome the habit, to be forced to learn to live without daily alcohol consumption. It will be difficult because the body is already accustomed to the daily dose, so without alcohol you will first experience irritability, mood swings, and sleep problems. There are a few tricky steps you can take to overcome addiction:
- Specify the date of rejection. You may decide to stop drinking tomorrow morning, but until most of the evening you make that decision, you decide to postpone your refusal to drink the next day. It’s better to choose a specific date and set yourself up for success in advance.
- Understand that rejection is not a victim. Alcohol destroys the brain and greatly damages female beauty. By stopping drinking, the woman has nothing to lose.
- Remove all alcoholic beverages from the house. You do not have to prove that there will be alcohol on arrival. If the bottle is "at hand", you are tempted to drink stronger. Guests can enjoy tea or cakes.
- Find an activity you like. An evening without a drink seems boring and boring if you don’t pay attention to other interests. It can be anything: walking, knitting, sports. The bottom line is that the lesson is fascinating, forcing you to forget about alcohol.
And after preparing, take a decisive step into sober living. It will be very difficult at first and we have to act through "I don’t want to" but the desire for alcohol will gradually decrease and soon the woman will learn to enjoy walks, delicious food, creativity, communication with family and friends.
What to do
First, evaluate your strength properly. If you don’t seem to be able to overcome your painful cravings, or attempts to refuse alcohol have led to another failure, it’s better to see a doctor. Nothing is a disgrace to a narcologist’s visit and can be treated on an outpatient and anonymous basis. Perhaps to maintain willpower, your doctor will prescribe pills or drops that reduce your craving for alcoholic beverages:
- Disulfiram. The drug inhibits the production of acetaldehyde dehydrogenase, an enzyme needed to break down ethanol, and increases the concentration of acetaldehyde by 5 to 10 times. As a result, instead of enjoying drinking, the woman will experience an unpleasant hot flash on the face and scalp, increased heart rate, nausea and vomiting.
- Cyanamide. Available dropwise. As with previous agents, it blocks the action of acetaldehyde dehydrogenase. In combination with alcohol, it causes nausea, shortness of breath and increased heart rate.
Medications are prescribed to make a woman have a negative attitude towards alcohol. In addition, the narcologist recommends taking vitamins and hepatoprotectants to support liver function.
Drugs that promote alcohol aversion should not be taken without a doctor. They have many side effects and can cause irreparable damage if misused. You can drink potions with similar effects at home:
- wormwood and thyme mixed in equal proportions;
- Aries.
But you need to drink vitamins. They strengthen the body and have an antioxidant effect, helping to reduce the effects of alcohol poisoning. It will also be helpful to consume a course of Karsil - the plant hepatoprotector improves liver function.
But it is much more important to pay attention to the psychological attitude and firmly believe in success. It helps:
- Any activity you like or a series of fun programs to fill the evening without leaving time for a drink.
- Sober social circle. At first, you should avoid companies where you usually drink, it’s better to be with friends who like to chat over a cup of tea or coffee.
- Small concessions. Many women have become accustomed to giving up candy for fear of ruining their shape. But a slice of cake or ice cream helps relieve stress in the same way as alcoholic beverages and is much less harmful to health.
- An expression of self-love. In the past, manicures, body scrubs and bath salts seemed to be an priceless luxury. Then it’s worth counting how much they spent on drinks. Many? Then instead of alcohol, you may want to use these funds to your liking.
Medications and home remedies help, but only as additional help. The key to the success of alcohol consumption is your mental attitude. Self-love, new interest, and sober friends can help you overcome your addiction.
More work on yourself
In the first 2-3 days, the condition worsens. Irritability, negative perception of reality, constant internal tension, poor sleep - these are just some of the symptoms a woman has to endure after quitting alcohol. But you have to set that refusing alcohol is a manifestation of tremendous willpower, and very soon everything will be fine, even if you don’t drink.
With complete rejection of alcohol, not only is health damage almost completely restored, but the risk of diseases such as stroke, cirrhosis of the liver, oncology, and dementia is also reduced.
Health
After three days, the decomposition products of ethanol are completely removed from the body. Although alcohol poisoning persists, overall well-being is gradually improving:
- In a week. Full sleep is restored and digestion is improved. Some women may experience nausea for a short time due to prolonged poisoning, but mild.
- Within two weeks. Frequent dizziness and headache cease, blood pressure returns to normal, and tachycardia ceases. The woman begins to feel strength and increased mental abilities again.
- A month later. Alcohol toxins are completely removed from brain tissue, the emotional background normalizes, and vitality increases. This is about when the liver begins to function fully, cleanses the blood of toxins and improves the absorption of fats. Ladies may notice that even though they occasionally consume "forbidden" sweets, the fat in the abdomen and thighs gradually decreases.
- In one year. Fit, cheerful and energetic woman.
Appearance
Wrinkles, dry, unhealthy skin, circles under the eyes - a woman drinking can’t even hide these flaws with the help of bright makeup. But soon after giving up alcohol, positive changes appear. Within seven days, a healthy glow appears and the skin gradually begins to gain elasticity.
After about a month, the characteristic circles under the eyes disappear and the wrinkles caused by alcohol consumption are partially smoothed.
Quitting drinking, a woman gradually regains her lost energy and beauty. It will be social and fun.
A woman can only stop drinking on her own in the first stage of alcoholism, when tolerance to ethanol is just developing and only psychological desire is needed.
In the second and subsequent stages, only a few who have a strong will or strong motivation manage to "fix" alcohol. Most of the fair will require the help of a psychologist and narcologist.