Many people have the image that alcoholics are old men that live a rough life and drink cheap high alcohol spirits, this view could be no more further from the truth. Most people that are alcoholics today are young men and women that live reasonable lives hold a reasonable job and in some cases are supporting a family. Alcoholism is one of the major health hazards of society today and is responsible for a lot of diseases that end up causing death.
Alcoholism normally occurs in response to people starting to drink to reduce their stress levels. When a person starts to drink to reduce their stress levels they end up finding that their drinking ends up been a habit, this eventually leads to the point where the person feels that they have to drink to reduce any disappointment that they have in themselves. The change from social drinking to alcoholism can often take many years or it can be quick, however the signs and symptoms of it will normally go unnoticed by family and friends. Common signs and symptoms are as follows
Repeat Withdrawal Symptoms Drinking To Relieve Withdrawal Symptoms Craving Alcohol Developing and Increase Tolerance For Alcohol Developing Uncharacteristic Behavior Drink heavy alcohol for a long period of time can cause not only your body damage but it can also lead to server illness; this includes gastric ulcers, cirrhosis of the liver and many other digestive and brain diseases. If a pregnant woman drinks heavily, that is 5 to 6 drinks per day they can run a high risk (1 in 3 chances) that their baby will be physically or mentally handicapped. Also since the body will have alcohol in it for a high percentage of time the alcoholic will often suffer from vitamin deficiencies.
Treating alcoholism cannot always be easy; it is not something that a doctor can simply fix with drugs or quick treatment. The best way for an alcoholic to treat their alcoholism is to recognize that they have a problem and make sure that they are highly motivated to change that. Most people however that are alcoholics will never get ever been a alcoholic, they have to settle for control of their drinking habits and make sure that they do not drink much or nothing at all. From the doctor's side of the story, they will have to provide the alcoholic with treatments based on psychological and psychiatric counseling, detoxification programs and social recognition programs to help them with their quest to suppress their alcoholism and help them rejoin society as a health person. Although I have said here that doctors help out with patients a lot of the successful treatment of a alcoholic is dependant upon whether he/she is determined enough to over come it.
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