Everyone knows that getting rid of alcohol addiction and quitting drinking is very difficult, and for many it is almost impossible. Drinking alcohol is firmly held in his persistent hands. Overcoming the psychological addiction controlled by your own brain is a difficult task, because the brain in most cases does not listen to you, but your body obeys the brain. The body wants to drink water, and you will look for water. The body wants to eat, it gives a signal to the brain and it, controlling you, is looking for food. And the brain wants to get a dose of alcohol, and you really want to drink. So why is there a desire in our body, and in fact, in our brain, to drink alcohol?
Why does the brain want to drink alcohol?
Here we have to look for when the connection between the brain and drinking begins to form. Everyone can notice that the beginning of alcohol consumption by people is primarily associated with good and bright events - holidays, weddings, birthdays and corporate parties. And remembering all these holidays that you remember, which means that your brain remembers only joy, fun, good mood. If it happened badly from excessive drinking, then it happened the next day and there’s always an excuse for it - they say, drunk, with whom it doesn’t happen, but it was fun.
Also, many people notice that after a hard day's work, drinking a glass, other alcohol or even a light beer, like beer, immediately after relieving stress, a good mood comes, fatigue recedes. Experts explain this by the fact that alcohol is actually in the group of narcotics, and in 1975 the World Health Organization equated alcohol with drugs. Entering our brain, and for him there are virtually no barriers to accessing our body, it affects dopamine neurons, which are excited and begin to produce dopamine, actually producing the hormone of happiness and pleasure. The brain senses the beginning of this period and begins to associate it with alcohol intake, which, in fact, leads to the creation of a strong, stable positive psychological connection between alcohol consumption and the brain. Then, to get the same "pleasure", you have to drink more, and more often, because the sensitivity of dopamine receptors becomes duller. And, in fact, a person smoothly passes into the second phase of alcoholism, when there is not only a psychological connectionalcohol consumption, which requires urgent treatment of alcohol dependence.
How to stop drinking?
Therefore, those who understand their "future", where their lives lead to frequent drinking, and who want to get rid of this growing addiction, actually have to struggle with the brain itself, which begins to have a stable psychological connection and the need to drink alcohol to experience some after drinkingthen brilliant quick "joyful" moments in life.
Step 1 - We need to recognize that the brain is, in fact, our biggest enemy!
All the problems we face initially arise in its depths (fear, anxiety, reluctance), this is the work of the brain. It creates obstacles for us, creates difficulties, shapes habits and prevents us from dealing with them.
By consuming alcohol, the brain secretes a huge amount of dopamine from the brain from contact with alcohol, a neurotransmitter responsible for joy, euphoria, pleasure in the brain. This number is so great that it overshadows even the happiest moments of our lives. This "unearned" flow of joy and satisfaction comes precisely from the effects of alcohol on the brain. Therefore, after getting "cheap" pleasure through alcohol and gaining a strong attachment to it, he tries to achieve - like: "I want more such pleasures, I want more such quick joys, I want to quickly relieve stress from life" in the simplest way, by drinking alcohol, without trying to solve the accumulated difficult tasks, and then enjoy solving them.
Step 2 - desire is the root cause of all beginnings!
Only desire can completely renew your brain and shape the proper order in it. Just a desire to get more "heavy" joy, more "heavy" pleasure, gained after applying great strength, and not just - I drank and "I feel good, and I don’t care about anything". Only the desire to receive true "earned" joy interrupts the brain's desire to quickly, here and now, receive "light" joy. Since, as soon as you made the decision to give up alcohol, you declared war on your brain, at the same time you formed an order in your head for other "work" desires and headed in the direction of sobriety.
Step 3 - Easy to give up! It's hard not to start again!
Don't start over. . . Sometimes it’s catastrophically hard! That is why giving up addiction is always a war. The brain triggers a strong desire to accept something and removes all obstacles to it. Your will is the only obstacle to consuming alcohol.
Ethanol (alcohol) is a powerful stimulant of joy and euphoria in the brain. If you stop drinking, you will most likely start thinking about how nice it would be to drink beer, vodka or brandy now. Remembering alcohol as a pleasant event, but otherwise the brain will not remember alcohol, which brings it a bunch of feelings of joy and euphoria, and all of a sudden, you will not be able to resist the urge to drink again. Here you must either be able to think of alcohol as a bad event or be encrypted. Alcohol coding will help you relive this moment of desire and give you time to get the negative consequences of consuming alcohol.
4 steps - it won't take long!
Therefore, this desire must be assessed. . . Rate on a scale of 10 points. How strong the desire is (like a typhoon or like a storm). Rarely, when the degree of desire is achieved, the scale reaches a strong thirst at 10 points. Therefore, based on the results of consciousness, it is necessary to transfer this strong desire to other types of activities.
Start receiving simple natural human joys from life, from work, from family, from hobbies, from communicating with other people. Never drink alcohol, otherwise you will have to start all over again.
The more diverse your new entertainment, the faster the brain will adapt to low normal dopamine levels, and as we remember, alcohol dramatically and many times artificially increases dopamine levels in the body.
Step 5 - Throw away only alcohol!
We do not recommend quitting and quitting smoking at the same time or giving up your favorite food. If this is done at the same time, then the risk of breakdown increases many times over, because when you give up everything, the brain experiences much more stress than when you give up some habits or addictions. In the beginning, you can keep the rest of your bad habits.
Therefore, if you decide to stop drinking, stop drinking. If it is more important to you to quit smoking, quit smoking. By rejecting everything at once, you will not be able to resist a double or triple temptation. And if you break down, for example because of smoking, you will most likely break down because of quitting alcohol.
Step 6 - don't get lost!
In the first week, the most difficult moments of alcohol withdrawal occur. Fear, anxiety, increased desire. Here, whatever someone says, it is very difficult to cope without medication. If you realize that it will only get worse, it is better to seek medical support from your doctor. There are medications that really reduce the urge to consume alcohol, reduce stress, and eliminate discomfort.
In such cases, we strongly recommend that you consult a doctor at a drug treatment center. They will help you choose the right life cycle regimen to stop drinking. Provide medications and optimally selected vitamins and minerals necessary for the body. Control your well-being with the latest medical devices.
After all, the most important thing is not to get rid of it and start drinking again.
Step 7 - You need support!
There is always the option of contacting a group of Alcoholics Anonymous for support. If we reject all conventions and unpreparedness, then it is obvious that people are capable of helping each other. Without support, we are practically helpless even in everyday life. If you do not want to join the Alcoholics Anonymous group, you have the opportunity to contact the psychological support service.
Step 8 - burn the adrenaline!
Due to the marked increase in the amount of adrenaline in the blood as a result of alcohol rejection, it must be burned. Burning adrenaline without affecting others is only possible with physical activity. Like everything in our lives, you have to start gradually. It is better if there is an opportunity to work out in the gym. Otherwise, small walks in the open air or running will suffice.
If you give up alcohol, walk more, meet friends and actively relax.
By ensuring sports activities, you not only help burn adrenaline, but also strengthen muscles, nervous system, health and provide the brain with new tactile and physical feelings, forcing it to distract thoughts from alcohol. Such additional "work" for the brain has a beneficial effect on movement through sobriety and an active sober life.
Walk more and travel with a complete rejection of alcoholic beverages.
Go hiking, on trips, where the brain has nowhere to hide with its thoughts about alcohol. Replace and burn old memories of a pleasant drink with new impressions.
Step 9 - You will succeed! Don't doubt it!
It is important to endure: sleep, diet, try to be in a good mood and in a positive mood. Moreover, it applies to all people, because we all depend on something. That is why the regime is so important for achieving a positive result. only the regime can sharpen us in the fight (above all, with ourselves)
Step 10 - Try to be happy!
Being sober after consuming alcohol is boring enough. The world around us ceases to indulge in colors and events because they lack the power to break the euphoric state of alcoholism. This boredom is also a product of our brain. So you have to constantly look for yourself: new hobbies, interests, desires. Happiness is a product of our brain (as well as fears). The brain can adapt, and it’s up to you.
Popular questions about alcohol and answers to them
Every time I stop drinking and can’t help but start over, what do I do?
It is very difficult to stop drinking alcohol. The neural connections created in the brain between the positive idea of consuming alcohol and receiving joy, pleasure and euphoria from it cannot simply be destroyed without a fight. Alcohol belongs to the narcotic group of substances and will not be able to expel its effect on the body from the body without great work, perseverance and will.
If you don’t have enough willpower to resist alcohol, consider coding as an option to stop drinking alcohol.
If you are full of perseverance and strength in the fight against alcohol addiction, then:
- Don't give up.
- Try to fool your brain, because it is the main leader of your body. Consider alcohol bad as a poisonous substance, just remember bad experiences with drinking. Think of it as an extremely dangerous substance and drink it with disgust while holding strong alcohol in your mouth, especially to feel trouble. Do everything on purpose so that you do not feel uncomfortable drinking alcohol.
- Start drinking alcohol in very small doses. Just a little sip. Be persistent on this issue.
- For all suggestions about alcohol, translate your desire into those soft drinks you like the most and drink just for pleasure instead of alcohol.
Try with all your knowledge and tricks to resist alcohol addiction. Remember that alcohol controls your brain.
Can alcohol coding be part of the treatment of alcohol dependence?
Coding is often included in the course of treatment to allow the patient to live the coded time without drinking. During this time, you can usually improve your health, ruined by alcohol, rebuild family and work relationships if they are hurt due to alcohol addiction, and recover morally and physically.
Can a person drink alcohol and not be an alcoholic?
Sure he can. There are many such people. They are aware of the dangers of drinking in large quantities and do not allow themselves to get drunk "in the trash", sleep over work, quarrel with their spouses, damage their health and cause themselves a lot of other troubles. Even the most resistant to alcohol addiction, if he drinks a lot of alcohol almost every day, he will quickly develop the habit of drinking alcoholic beverages. And if we consider that alcohol belongs to a group of narcotics, approved by the World Health Organization in 1975, then alcohol addiction will most likely cover almost anyone who drinks alcohol a lot and often. Therefore, drink alcohol only in a limited amount that does not lead to addiction.