Addiction - Written by Eddie on Friday, January 30, 2009 12:13 - 0 Comments
Why self help can eliminate alcoholic addiction?
According to stats, two out of ten people are addicted to alcohol in different countries all around the world. There are approximately 18 million alcoholics in united state and Canada. Alcoholism is a worldwide issue and not only causing problems for the drinker but for everyone who is connected with the person as well.
Alcoholism is a disease in which a person craves and desires alcohol. It is impossible to limit his or her drinking. They need to drink more to get the same effect, and they have withdrawal symptoms after stopping alcohol use. It also affects physical and mental health.
Medical experts agree that rehabilitation programs like inpatient can be the best type of recovery in alcoholism. But it may work for some cases among these alcoholics. Of course prevention of alcoholism is the best way for treatment and even the chronic alcoholism can be treated successfully. There are many schools that use different methods to cure the alcoholism. It’s not vital which school to be selected. Treatment contains long period that makes you live without using alcohol and prevents you from falling into alcoholism trap again.
You may heard of AFG (Al-Anon family groups) which deal with helping people whose life is affected by someone else’s drinking? Alateen is a part of the organization which is a fellowship of young relatives of alcoholics. They have several gatherings for discussing and encouraging each other to overcome their problems.
Concluding my words, I want to reveal the process of using alcohol and how alcohol affects brain and other organs.
Alcohol affects testosterone level. For men, drinking causes to stimulate this hormone. Since men’s body is dealing with testosterone daily, the level of testosterone will be changed but for women it’s not the major hormone and when it is stimulated, they are unable to control it. And that’s the reason why women are more likely to be affected, wild and out of control than men by drinking alcohol. It causes women to be louder and braver under the influence of alcohol and it can lead to various kinds of danger that all of us know about them, so women have to be more careful.
On the other hand, when you are sobering up later after a night drinking you feel so regretful. One reason of this feeling is biological. And another reason that makes you feel terrible may be the stupid things you have done. And that’s why it is better to drink while you are with your best friends in a very safe ambience.
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