Signs of addiction to alcohol

Typical signs of alcoholism


There are some typical signs of alcohol dependence. Physical symptoms: gastritis or peptic ulcers, liver disease and jaundice, vomiting of blood, pain or tremor in the morning, broke up alcohol as a reaction convulsions, sweating and confused. Feeling: feeling helpless and out of control, feeling guilty about his drinking. Mind: a strong desire to drink alcohol, the thought constantly about how to get a drink later, the desire to commit suicide. Behavior: difficulty sleeping, drinking in the day, want to drink in the morning to relieve uncomfortable feelings.

The reaction broke up when someone alcohol alcoholic suddenly stops drinking. Usually begins 24 hours after stopping drinking and continued for 4 to 10 days. The worst period is usually in the early days, the second and third. The more alcohol, so bad symptoms that arise such as tremors, shaking, insomnia, nausea, anxiety, irritability, fever, and nervous. As symptoms worsen the patient will be more confused or what is known as delirium, hallucinations, and may experience seizures.

Dependence treatment can be given in public health service centers like clinic. Health center can do education regarding the relationship between the symptoms of the reaction of alcohols break; perform a thorough physical examination, refer to hospital if there is fever, convulsions, not able to drink, dehydration, or having a physical disorder, hallucinations or confusion (delirium). In addition, prescribe the kind of vitamin thiamine as much as 100 mg by intra-muscular injection and thiamine tablets prescribed for supplies for a week at a dose of 50 mg per day. Patients will also be given multivitamins and folic acid with doses of 1 mg per day. Community Health Center can prescribe klordiazeposid for supplies for four to six days and should be taken on the first day of 25 mg 4 times a day, second day 25 mg 2 times a day, third day 25 mg 2 times a day, day of the fourth and fifth 25 mg at night, day The sixth and seventh night 12.5 mg. Or can be prescribed diazepam by drinking the same rules, starting from the dose of 4 mg 4 times daily.

If someone, for example, Tn. M had decided to control his drinking, there are a few tips from caregivers who can be recommended to control the number of ordinary beverages drunk per day.

Note how many Tn. M drink. Give it two or three days a week Tn. M did not drink at all. Replace alcoholic beverages with alcoholic beverages are not. Do not drink alcoholic beverages, but first mixed with water or soda, so one glass of longer spent. Pour a little alcohol into each drink (eg drink only 1 cup). Do not drink during the day. Spend any longer drinks, for example, within 1 hour. Eat before he drank the first glass. Suggest to not drink alcohol to relieve thirst, drink water or drink no alcohol. Reduce the time spent together drinking friends.

At the time - while difficult to remain calm. Recommend following a few strategies to Tn. M able to overcome the difficulty. If you drink mainly at night, get busy and go to places where he can not drink, like the religious meeting, mosque, or church. If the habit of drinking besama friends after work, try to make other social activities such as sports. When drinking alcohol when he was alone, reduce the time to be alone. If you drink only when you experience stress, learn ways to cope with stress and problem-solving methods from the finish through alcohol.