Addicted To Alcohol ?
Let’s talk about alcohol, who doesn’t loves to drink a beer or a glass a wine? It’s so common and everybody does. Harmless at first sight but, some people just can’t stop drinking. You can buy yourself a drink with alcohol everywhere. Even hard liquors, go to the nearest shop and you have your drink.
Why is it such a problem if everybody sells it?
A glass a wine keeps the doctor away but a bottle a wine doesn’t. Wine is good for you health but, to much wine affects it. Your liver breaks down the alcohol that you drink but, if the quantity of the alcohol that you drink is far more larger then your liver can handle. Well if that’s the case you have a big problem.
How much can I drink?
Normally you can only drink like 2-3 drinks a day, but that’s the limit !
If you’re a women then you even need to drink less. Pregnant wimen may drink, but better don’t drink because who knows what can go wrong with the baby. Some people can drink more then others, but that’s all in the genes. Did you know that Chinese people can’t drink a lot of alcohol. They just can’t handle it, because they don’t have the right genes for it.
Which are the common disease for heavy alcohol drinkers?
There are so many disease that you could get by just drinking alcohol drinks.
1. A fatty liver, when you have a fatty liver you need to stop drinking. Your liver has produced to many fat cells. There are no symptoms but, if you know that you’re a heavy drinker, then there is a 80% chance that you have it. Once you stopped drinking it will soon disappear.
2. Alcohol hepatitis, the second stage for a heavy drinker. This liver disease can last for years and can cause in reversible damage to your liver if you don’t stop drinking. Symptoms of this disease are vomiting, loss of appetite, fever..just common things that you get the next day, after drinking to much. Life threatening complications are common with this kind of liver disease. So think twice before you abuse alcohol.
3. The last stage for a heavy drinker if you get so far, is called Alcohol cirrhosis. Heavy drinkers develop this stage after years of drinking. The damage that is caused here is not reversible. The symptoms are equal to the symptoms of alcohol hepatitis. Like I said this is the last stage. If you don’t stop drinking right now, then you will die for sure.
What happens if I stop drinking after I know that my liver is sick?
Easy to tell, you may not drink any alcohol drinks! If you do, your liver will get worse. Don’t worry alcohol isn’t the last drink, there are so many other tasty drinks without alcohol. Give them a try and you will forget alcohol. People who keep drinking will have serious and uncomfortable problems which will likely lead to dead.
Those where only the liver diseases, alcohol also leads to skin, brain and eye damage. I will not talk about them because there are just to many of these unpleasant diseases. And I hope that you will never have to deal with it. Alcohol drinks are great to drink once in a while but, you know it yourself after you have drunk to much of it, it hasn’t the taste like the first one. You need to enjoy of the taste and not of the quantity that you’re drinking. Pointless of drinking alcohol drinks just as it would be water.
Only diseases?
Alcohol problems lead to family problems. This is inevitable, some people get angry and others laugh after drinking to much. You don’t want to beat your children or wife! You have no control of yourself, and car accidents are frequently caused by persons who abuse alcohol. You aren’t the only one who suffers from alcohol. Your family does to. And you’re a bad example for your children if you can’t handle it. Financial problems, how much do you spend a week 100$ for just your drinks? Medical costs and are you still working? Who will pay you your money if you’re drunk at work? This is reality and you need to get over it.
I have a problem and what could I do about it ?
1. You need to think about your family and friends. You need to think about the damage that you’re causing them.
2. How did it come this far? Ask yourself this question. Did you lose your job?
Try to resolve your problems. Once you did that you will act different and stop drinking.
3. Go search for help and recognize that you have a problem. Let other persons take care of you. Listen to them and try to do what you’re told to do. Don’t try to resolve your drinking problem alone! Go search for assistance.
Alcoholics Anonymous.
Women For Sobriety.
4. Medical treatments with special medication.
Antabuse, this drug is just as pretty as it seems, look to the word and you will find “Abuse” in it. The drug is used for really heavy drinkers and will cause
illness, vomiting…if the persons drinks alcohol. Very efficient and effective.
Campral, This prescribed drug is a drug that adjust your brain to stop drinking. Returning your brain in to balance. FDA-approved for alcohol drinkers .
Topamax , This drug isn’t FDA-approved for alcohol abuse, but known for migraine headeaches. It hasn’t any directly effects, but long term effects that reduces the symptoms of drinking.
All these kinds of drugs aren’t 100% effective, they do have side effects and
only help at long term treatments. More research about curing this disease is needed. Remember that there are millions of people on the world that die and suffer from alcohol abuse.
5. If you’re an alcoholic, then get rid of all your alcoholic drinks! And start today, to live a better life.
I’m not a doctor and I can’t say you to do this or that. Go to a doctor and ask him your questions about your problem. He is the one who knows what is best for you. If he says that you need to go to a rehab, then you have to do it. Read books and stories from other people who had the same problem. Go to a online community who could help you to answer your questions. Go to an organization who will try to help you. It’s your decision and not mine, about what you’re going to do with your life.
Good luck and I hope that you’ve learned something.
Remember there is always hope!
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