Drunkenness in the family becomes a common misfortune for all its members. There are many reasons for alcoholism, but most often it is a person's weakness of character or a bad influence. They have been trying to combat drunkenness for a long time, but the most important factor for successful treatment is the person's conscious desire to stop drinking.
Who is truly considered an alcoholic
People usually start considering an alcoholic who sinks into people's eyes. And mainstream medicine has its facts on this point.
The acceptable dose for a man and a woman is 75 ml and 50 ml of alcohol, respectively. If these indicators are not exceeded, intoxication will not occur and control over actions will not be lost. But a person gets a clear definition of an alcoholic when he drinks more than 500 grams several times a week.
But beyond that, there are basic definitions of alcoholism:
- The dose and frequency of alcohol intake are constantly increasing;
- In the morning, an obsessive desire to get drunk is added;
- The need to drink again, due to severe irritation and poor health. The so-called withdrawal symptoms;
- Solve any problem in life or simply boredom by drinking alcohol;
- Obvious changes in behavior and daily life.
It should be noted that alcohol includes vodka and moonshine, as well as seemingly harmless cocktails, champagne and beer.
Folk methods
An herb such as St. John's wort is widely known as a remedy for fighting green snakes. To do this, you need to measure two glasses of water, boil and pour five tablespoons of chopped herbs. Insist for half an hour in a water bath and take two cold weeks in the morning and evening. After this period, a persistent aversion to alcohol develops.
Baranets is still a little known remedy, but its effectiveness is quite wide. Pour 10 grams of dry twigs with a glass of boiling water and cook for 15 minutes. Give the patient every two hours until he feels like vomiting. This remedy has contraindications. It cannot be taken by people who have heart system problems and stomach ulcers. In combination with alcohol, the reception of the decoction causes a strong antipathy to the smell of vodka as well.
Also, an aversion to alcohol intake is provided by a mixture of two bay leaves and half a tablespoon of chopped lovage root. All this must be poured with a glass of vodka and, after two weeks of infusion, take.
There are very radical measures to combat drunkenness. In the old days, to a husband who drank, the wife added a live insect to the wine. After drinking such wine, the drinker developed an unconscious aversion to alcohol. This method can be used if the drinker is unwilling to fight addiction.
How to use folk remedies
Any treatment, including alcoholism, requires careful selection of components and components. In all infusions and decoctions, there are various types of contraindications, and to avoid consequences, it is necessary to consult a doctor.
Before starting the treatment, the body is cleaned. It is best to do this with diuretic preparations for several days.
It is almost impossible to force a person who drinks to stop drinking against their will. There are funds that have a short-term effect, but you shouldn't wait for a long result. Alcoholism is not only a physiological but also a psychological addiction. And the patient's desire plays an important role here.
Scandals and a family showdown will only exacerbate the habit. Since alcohol addiction is often based on psychological problems. Together we must try to find the reason and convince the drinking husband of the need to stop drinking.
Beer alcoholism
Beer addiction is considered even more insidious than vodka addiction. Avid alcoholics start with beer. The pitfall of this drink is that they don't take beer seriously, considering a couple of drinks after a hard day is quite normal. But later on, the addiction to drinking beer is no less serious than to vodka.
It is best to cure beer addiction with a change in lifestyle and folk remedies. Herbs in this case can be used as in the treatment of drinking vodka. Absinthe, thyme, St. John's wort, mint, yarrow. You can make the broth separately, or you can make these herbs all together and take small doses each day.
Often an infusion of the aforementioned herbs is poured into the beer to instill aversion to this drink.
What happens when a person stops drinking?
Stopping alcohol intake causes instant intoxication of the body. And the severity of intoxication depends on how long and how much a person consumed alcohol. There is a release of toxic substances into the blood, due to the fact that the internal organs begin to cleanse themselves of alcoholic poison.
Some symptoms appear:
- General irritability;
- Severe nausea and constant vomiting;
- Disorders of the digestive system;
- Weakness;
- cold chills;
- Sweating;
- Palpitations;
- Involuntary tremors.
If a person cannot cope with their well-being disorder on their own after stopping alcohol consumption, it is best that they seek medical help. The doctor may prescribe a cleansing course and medication intake. But it all goes on individually. If the binge did not last long and the body is, in principle, healthy, then you can wait for the self-cleaning process at home.
After some time, the toxins will be removed from the body and a significant process of relief and recovery will occur:
- Blood pressure is normalized, heart rate returns to its natural age norm;
- Headache and dizziness cease to torment;
- A positive mood and a zest for life will appear;
- Shortness of breath and insomnia will no longer be felt.
To help the body recover, you need to follow some recommendations:
- A healthy lifestyle that includes extensive exposure to the outdoors;
- Taking medications to restore the liver;
- Complete food containing vitamins;
- Physical exercises to tone the whole body;
- A hobby that will replace the craving for alcohol;
- When dealing with alcohol addiction, it is important to remember that support from family and friends is very important in this difficult case.
It is easy to get away from a sick person, it is much more difficult to accompany him throughout the process of treatment and adaptation.
Having stopped drinking, you should not think that after the cure it will be possible to skip a couple of glasses on vacation. Once a person has become alcoholic, they will no longer be able to observe the measure so easily and will succumb to this addiction again. You may have to give up alcohol forever and you need to be prepared for it.