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 fight drunkenness for a long time, but the most important factor for a successful cure is the person's conscious desire to stop drinking.
Who is really considered an alcoholic
People usually begin to consider an alcoholic one who sinks in the eyes of people. And official medicine has its own facts on this score.
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 besides this, there are basic definitions of alcoholism:
- The dose and frequency of alcohol intake is steadily 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;
- Solving any troubles in life or just 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 out two glasses of water, boil and pour five tablespoons of chopped herbs. Insist for half an hour in a water bath and take two weeks cold in the morning and evening. After this period, a persistent aversion to alcohol is developed.
Baranets is still a little-known remedy, but its effectiveness is quite large. Pour 10 grams of dry twigs with one glass of boiling water and cook for 15 minutes. Give to the patient every two hours until he has the urge to vomit. This remedy has contraindications. Cannot be taken by people who have problems with the heart system and stomach ulcers. In combination with alcohol, the reception of the decoction causes a strong dislike even to the smell of vodka.
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 needs to 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 drinking husband, the wife added a live bug to the wine. After drinking such wine, the drinker developed a subconscious aversion to alcohol. This method can be used if the drinker is unwilling to fight the 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 kinds of contraindications, and in order to avoid consequences, you need to consult a doctor.
Before starting treatment, the body is cleansed. It is best to do this with diuretic preparations for several days.
It is almost impossible to force a drinking person to stop drinking against his will. There are funds that have a short-term effect, but you should not wait for a long result. Alcoholism is not only a physiological dependence, but also a psychological one. And the patient's desire plays an important role here.
Scandals and showdowns in the family will only exacerbate the habit. Since alcohol dependence is often based on psychological problems. Together we need to try to find the reason and convince the drinking husband of the need to quit drinking.
Beer alcoholism
Beer addiction is considered even more insidious than vodka addiction. Avid alcoholics start with beer. The insidiousness of this drink is that they do not take beer seriously, considering a couple of glasses after a hard day to be quite normal. But later the dependence on drinking beer is no less severe than on vodka.
It is best to cure beer addiction with a change in lifestyle and folk remedies. Herbs in this case can be used the same as in the treatment of drinking 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 in small doses daily.
Often, an infusion of the above herbs is poured into beer to instill aversion to this drink.
What happens when a person stops drinking
Stopping the intake of any alcohol causes instant intoxication of the body. And the severity of intoxication depends on how long and how much a person has consumed alcohol. There is a release of toxic substances into the blood, due to the fact that the internal organs begin to cleanse themselves from alcoholic poison.
Certain symptoms appear:
- General irritability;
- Severe nausea and constant vomiting;
- Digestive system disorders;
- Weakness;
- Cold chills;
- Sweating;
- Heart palpitations;
- Involuntary tremors.
If a person cannot cope with the disturbance of well-being on their own after stopping alcohol consumption, it is better for him to seek medical help. The doctor may prescribe a cleansing course and taking medications. But everything goes on individually. If the binge did not last long and the body is, in principle, healthy, then you can wait out the self-cleaning process at home.
After a certain time, toxins will be removed from the body, and significant relief and recovery process occurs:
- Blood pressure is normalized, the pulse rate returns to its natural age norm;
- Headaches and dizziness cease to torment;
- A positive mood and a taste for life will appear;
- Shortness of breath and insomnia will no longer be felt.
To help the body recover, some recommendations should be followed:
- A healthy lifestyle that includes sufficient outdoor exposure;
- Taking medications to restore the liver;
- Complete food containing vitamins;
- Physical exercises to tone up the whole body;
- A hobby that will replace alcohol cravings;
- When treating alcohol addiction, it is important to remember that the support of family and friends is very important in this difficult matter.
It is easy to turn away from a sick person, it is much more difficult to go along with him all the way of treatment and adaptation.
If you quit drinking, you shouldn't think that after the cure it will be possible to skip a couple of glasses on holidays. Once a person who has become an alcoholic, he will no longer be able to observe the measure so easily and will succumb to this addiction again. You may have to give up taking any alcohol forever and you need to be prepared for this.