Family drunkenness becomes a common misfortune for all members. There are many reasons for alcoholism, but most of the time it's a person's lack of character or a bad influence. You have long tried to fight drunkenness, but the most important factor in successful healing is the person's conscious desire to stop drinking.
Who is really considered an alcoholic
People usually start looking at an alcoholic sinking into people's eyes. And official medicine has its own facts on this.
The acceptable dose for a man and a woman is 75 ml and 50 ml of alcohol, respectively. If these indicators are not exceeded, there will be no intoxication and control over actions will not be lost. But a clear definition of an alcoholic is given to a person if 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 consumption is steadily increasing;
- In the morning there is an obsessive need to get drunk;
- The need to drink again because of severe irritation and poor health. The so-called withdrawal symptoms;
- Solving problems in life or just plain boredom from drinking alcohol;
- Obvious changes in behavior and in 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 like St. John's wort is widely known as a remedy for green snakes. To do this, you need to measure two glasses of water, boil and pour five tablespoons of chopped herbs. Insist in a water bath for half an hour and take cold in the morning and evening for two weeks. After this time, a persistent aversion to alcohol develops.
Baranets is still a little-known remedy, but its effectiveness is quite great. Pour 10 grams of dry twigs with a glass of boiling water and boil for 15 minutes. Give the patient every two hours until they feel the urge to vomit. This remedy has contraindications. Not to be used by people who have problems with the heart system and stomach ulcers. When combined with alcohol, the reception of the decoction causes a strong aversion even to the smell of vodka.
An aversion to alcohol consumption is also created by a mixture of two bay leaves and half a tablespoon of chopped lovage root. All of this must be poured with a glass of vodka and taken after two weeks of infusion.
There are very radical measures to combat drunkenness. Previously, the wife of a drinking husband added a live beetle to the wine. After drinking such a wine, the drinker developed an unconscious aversion to alcohol. This method can be used when the drinker is unwilling to fight the addiction.
How to use folk remedies
Any treatment, including alcoholism, requires careful selection of its components and components. In all infusions and decoctions, there are several types of contraindications, and in order to avoid consequences, you need to consult a doctor.
Before starting the treatment, the body is cleansed. This is best done with diuretics over several days.
It is almost impossible to force a drinker 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 addiction, but also a psychological one. The patient's wishes play an important role in this.
Scandals and a family showdown will only aggravate the habit. Because 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 insidious thing about this drink is that they don't take beer seriously and consider a few glasses to be perfectly normal after a busy day. After that, however, the dependence on drinking beer is no less strong than on vodka.
It is best to cure beer addiction with a lifestyle change and folk remedies. Herbs can be used in this case in the same way as when treating vodka. Wormwood, thyme, St. John's wort, mint, yarrow. You can prepare the broth separately or you can brew these herbs all together and take them in small doses daily.
Often an infusion of the above herbs is poured into beer to arouse aversion to this drink.
What happens when a person stops drinking?
Stopping the use of alcohol leads to an immediate poisoning of the body. And the severity of poisoning depends on how long and how much a person has consumed alcohol. Due to the fact that the internal organs begin to clean themselves from alcoholic poison, toxic substances are released into the blood.
Certain symptoms occur:
- General irritability;
- Severe nausea and constant vomiting;
- Digestive system disorders;
- Weakness;
- Cold chills;
- Sweat;
- Palpitations;
- Involuntary tremor.
If a person cannot cope with the well-being disorder on their own after they have stopped drinking, then it is better for them to seek medical help. The doctor may prescribe a cleansing regimen and medication. But everything is individual. If the intoxication does not last long and the body is, in principle, healthy, you can wait for the self-cleaning process at home.
After a certain time, toxins are removed from the body and there is a significant relief and recovery process:
- The blood pressure is normalized, the pulse rate returns to its natural age norm;
- Headache and dizziness cease to torment;
- A positive mood and joie de vivre set in;
- Shortness of breath and insomnia are no longer felt.
To help the body recover, a few recommendations should be followed:
- A healthy lifestyle that includes plenty of fresh air;
- Taking medication to restore the liver;
- Complete feed with vitamins;
- Physical exercises to strengthen the whole body;
- A hobby that replaces the cravings for alcohol;
- When treating alcohol addiction, it should be noted that in this difficult case, the support of family and friends is very important.
It is easy to turn away from a sick person, it is much more difficult to accompany him all the way through treatment and adjustment.
After you stop drinking, do not think that you can skip a few glasses after the treatment while on vacation. Anyone who has become an alcoholic will no longer be able to comply with the measure so easily and succumb to this addiction again. You may need to cut out and be prepared for alcohol forever.