When most people think about alcoholism their immediate thoughts are about the alcoholic, but the effects of alcoholism are far-reaching and involve not just the alcoholic but the alcoholics family, friends and work colleagues. The first in the firing line are the people closest to the alcoholic, namely their loved ones.
Living with an alcoholic can [...]
For time immemorable alcohol has been used by people in nearly every culture. History is filled with illustrations of people using alcohol. The blunt fact is that for as long as people have been drinking they have been suffering from the effects of alcohol abuse.
If you and the people close to you are going [...]
Here is a good list of reasons for stopping drinking, you can obviously think of many more reasons for stopping, it may even be a good idea for you to make a list of your own. Thinking about the reasons why you drink is a great place to start preparing yourself for quitting alcohol [...]
Alcoholism is a word which a lot of people use to mean ‘alcohol dependence’ (alcohol addiction). Some people are ‘problem drinkers’ but are not dependent on alcohol. If you are alcohol dependent then detoxification (’detox’) could help you to stop drinking.
Problems with drinking alcohol
There are roughly four ‘tiers’ of alcohol drinking - social, heavy, problem [...]
Alcoholism is a condition with multiple and sometimes contradictory definitions. In popular and historic usage, alcoholism relates to any condition that leads to the continuing consumption of alcoholic drinks regardless of the consequences to health and society.
The amount, frequency and regularity of alcohol consumption required to acquire alcoholism deviates greatly from person to person. [...]
Alas, in this day and age, millions of people around the world are suffering from alcohol addiction. Some of these people have chosen to get treatment for their addiction. When it comes to alcohol addiction treatment, there broadly speaking four basic options available to a individual. Each of these alcohol addiction treatment options [...]
I’ll give up Drinking tomorrow!
Why the hell should I give up alcohol anyway?
“It’s my life isn’t it? I can do what I choose and nobody could convince me otherwise.
I like drinking in the morning, I love the fuzzy “out of it” sensations. Sure I don’t get much done everyday, but I can’t say I’m truly [...]
I started drinking to have fun and socialize with my friends. In later years I drank to forget about my problems. Then I drank because I could’t feel “normal” without a drink. I continued to drink because my life was falling apart around me, which was the consequence of my drinking.
I was only able to [...]
If you can beat your cravings for alcohol you will beat your addiction and you will never return to drinking, but how do you do it, surely I’me talking about something major here? it can’t be that simple can it? You’d be surprised…
How you think about your addiction will determine how much power it has [...]
Once you have quit drinking, the most powerful tool you have to keep away from it is a diary. Every time you feel tempted to drink, write down the occasion and the feeling that you had. This is where your addiction will talk to you and try to get you to give in. You need [...]
