Beer is not considered a strong alcoholic drink, and it doesn't seem to make sense to have a glass or two before bed. But drinking beer every day causes serious consequences, as well as a strong addiction that you cannot always overcome on your own.
Everyone has their own dose of beer, which makes them feel good in the evening and bad in the morning. But if a man drank beer in the evening, and it was more than three liters, and a woman more than a liter, then neither of them will be well in the morning.
All the consequences of alcohol poisoning are obvious: smoke that makes the passengers in the trolley next to you shiver, headache. Also nausea, depression, poor coordination.
If you decide to have a glass of beer with friends, then it should not turn into daily heavy drinking sessions. Changes in behavior, aggression and irritability occur, which can spill over to the family - partner, children, parents. Since they are the ones closest to everyone, they are the weak link on which you can vent your discontent.
Even a bottle of beer makes some people aggressive. Often a foggy brain does not distinguish who is in front of it. The boundaries of morality are blurred, and the sense of danger disappears. And then those actions are committed that a sober man can regret for the rest of his life.
If you're reading this article, maybe it's time to stop drinking beer yourself, or maybe someone close to you has a problem. A glass of beer with friends in the evening has already become your constant companion, and you simply have no idea what you will do if suddenly there is no beer.
Most do not consider beer addiction a problem or a disease, because it has a low alcohol content. Advertising featuring television stars, pop stars and even athletes drinking beer acts as a stimulus. This creates a kind of community where everyone who buys and drinks beer gets involved in something more than hanging out with friends.
People on TV screens or posters look absolutely happy and, surprisingly, sober. They celebrate a goal with a glass in hand or drink a beer after a long tourist trip. They celebrate. Each advertisement is deposited in the brain because it is repeated with a certain periodicity, inspiring - here it is, a way out of all life situations. Drink a glass of beer and you will feel joy.
Now look at the beer alcoholic outside. These could be your bottle buddies or drinking acquaintances. what will you see? Do they look as good as the ones on the screen?
Female and male alcoholism
Beer is a man's drink. You can drink pints of beer and still be on your feet. So if this is a weak drink, why can't a woman drink it?
Advertisements rarely feature girls with a glass of beer. The inclination towards it is quite encouraged by the environment. Next we will talk about how to get rid of alcoholism. Now we will not talk about the moral side of the problem, but let's try to understand what changes occur in the female body when drinking beer.
Once in the intestines, the ethanol contained in any alcoholic beverage is broken down in the liver. Women have less hormone that is able to completely break it down and remove it, so the breakdown period is longer, which means that the poisoning of the body in a woman who drinks will be much stronger.
Drinking beer often affects a woman's appearance. And maybe it's already too late to fight skin aging. And the beer was only consumed for six months. Dilated and ruptured blood vessels on the face, red tip of the nose, swelling and many other things do not adorn a woman. And those, the consequences, will surely come. So is it worth poisoning yourself with beer, realizing that in a few years the face and skin, which women often value the most, will turn into something that will be disgusting to look at. And definitely, he will betray a woman who drinks. Consequently, push people away.
Every glass of beer breaks your children's psyche, but all parents wish nothing on them. A mother who drinks, even after one bottle of beer, causes panic in any child. And the aggression that comes after a beer party usually spills over to the closest being - a child.
Drinking beer during pregnancy causes alcohol withdrawal in the newborn. Do I need to say anything else? About what his internal organs or psyche would be like if the future mother did not despise a glass of beer at night?
The baby is constantly screaming, it is twisted, it hurts. He has just been born and already has abstinence syndrome - withdrawal syndrome. Often such children are born with pathologies that are incompatible with life.
Does this only apply to the mother? no. If the child was conceived by a drunken father whose body has already undergone changes, then the baby can suffer from a bunch of diseases that cannot be predicted in advance.
If you are planning to become pregnant, avoid any alcoholic beverages. And of course, you should also stop drinking beer, even though it is partially a product of fermentation, not just diluted alcohol. If you can't think about yourself, think about the closest person in your life - your unborn child.
Beer does no less harm to men. The fact is that phytoestrogen, a female hormone (an analogue of progesterone, the pregnancy hormone), found in beer, inhibits male hormones. There are many consequences, and one of them is impotence.
And there are many "fun" consequences in the form of swollen mammary glands, beer belly and other little things that turn a man into a sexless creature.
What happens in the body of an alcoholic
- general weakness;
- constant fatigue;
- frequent pain in the epigastric area (stomach area);
- stool problems and many other extremely unpleasant consequences.
Added to this condition is chronic irritability, aggressiveness and everything related to it.
Beer hepatitis quickly and easily leads to cirrhosis of the liver. But they haven't learned how to treat it yet.
But kidney infarction can happen even in novice alcoholics. It is the necrosis of the vessels that feed the kidney tissue, that is, their thrombosis. The result is that the part of the kidney that has stopped receiving blood simply dies.
"If I had known where you would fall, I would have laid out the straws"
How much do you have to drink to get all these problems? It's different for everyone. Some people drink beer for years, while others need only a few months for the changes in the body to become irreversible. There is only one way to avoid them: stop drinking.
When is it time to think about the consequences?
It is better on the first day when you plan to try the beer. In general, it is never too late to do this. But there are a few points that should seriously alert you.
- You want to drink immediately in the morning, without waiting for the evening.
- You can't live a day without a bottle of beer.
- You wanted to drink a bottle, but you can't stop even after three.
- Small things start to irritate you, inexplicable fear appears and depression increases.
- Your attention is distracted and you cannot complete simple tasks.
- You are planning a pregnancy - this applies to both women and men.
This may sound rude, but with such symptoms it is too late to think about the consequences. We must do something already, take clearly targeted measures to change the situation. And most importantly, stop drinking beer.
How to cure alcohol or beer addiction
If a glass of beer a day has become your constant companion, then this is the first sign that your body has become addicted. Chemical reactions have kicked in, unbreakable bonds have been formed in the brain, and it's time to turn to an expert.
The first step for those who can stop drinking on their own.
If you decide to try to stop drinking beer on your own, without the involvement of a doctor, then first try to stay without alcohol for a month. Only 30 days, if you are not an alcoholic, then it is not that difficult.
The attraction to the cup or bottle, especially in the early days, will be strong. You'll have to switch your brain to something to replace your beer. This can be an exciting hobby that will occupy your time and attention or a job that will completely take away your free time.
Ask your loved ones for support - they probably won't turn you down. And most importantly, distance yourself from your environment, avoid those people who are not inclined to miss the bottle and who will pull you back with all their might.
You didn't always drink beer and just enjoy it, did you? Remember what used to make you happy and try to replace beer with other joys.
Did you manage to last 30 days? Then the next step is 6 months, then a year. If everything is fine, it means that you have managed to stop the chemical reactions in your brain on your own and recover mentally.
You can afford a glass of champagne for the New Year, or wine for your birthday. But not anymore. If a relapse occurs, it will be much more difficult to recover again.
A common phrase is, "I can stop drinking whenever I want. I haven't had a drink (drink) in a year, " is the first sign of going back to old habits. Don't start again, remember the first week of abstinence. This can discourage you from wanting to drink.
Second step. Doing sports.
If you drank beer not as a sedative to calm down, but to become more daring, then you can easily replace the adrenaline that sports will bring you with alcohol. Well, maybe it's not that easy. The main thing is not to reach for a cold drink after a run or a punching bag.
Swimming also saves. It both stresses the body and relaxes it. In addition, harmful substances are removed through our skin, and water washes them away. And this is about cleaning the body. Literally any physical activity is suitable for this.
Withdrawal syndrome - it's time to see a doctor.
Everything is the same as with a baby whose parents drank alcohol:
- tremor (not only the hands are shaking, but also the whole body as a whole);
- hallucinations;
- headaches, high blood pressure, vomiting, convulsions.
All these symptoms are a reason to consult a doctor and you can't put it off any longer. This requires immediate treatment. First, it will be medicinal, aimed at removing alcohol and decomposition products from the blood, and then psychological. Everything depends on the state of the organism.
Often relatives of the drunkard, who cannot force the patient to go to the doctor, use various traditional coding methods, go to the grandparents - they helped the neighbor! Do not self-medicate. At the very least, it can be a waste of money, and at most such a non-standard and unconventional solution can lead to serious illnesses. In some cases (drinking with herbs, adding "miracle" emetics, etc. ) to death.
The scene is psychological.
Psychologists have many techniques that can help you stop drinking. One option is group therapy. This may sound funny, and for some it is completely unacceptable, but communicating with people who stop drinking, with people who are in the same situation, really helps.
One technique is to try substituting beer. You can use this option yourself. Start again. Do you remember the first time you had a beer? What was associated with this? Maybe you drank with friends to look cool. But now beer is not cool. Now it's great to be healthy and rich.
If you drink because you want to recapture a childhood love or to return to your teenage years, then all you have to do is recreate and relive those moments, only now without the beer.
Avoid contact with friends and colleagues who drink alcohol. This will give you time to get used to a new, healthy lifestyle. And, besides, you can easily avoid ridicule, because such "comrades" often take it "poorly". So why put yourself at risk of succumbing? For someone who has stopped drinking, such friends are no longer counselors.
Believe me, such simple psychological techniques can replace beer. But it is better if you get help from an experienced psychologist who can identify the root causes. After all, the problem does not always lie on the surface. A specialist will help you deal with depression, irritability, cravings for beer and low alcohol.
What to do if a teenager drinks
Not all parents know whether their child has tried beer or not. Often children try beer in their first company. They still do not understand the full consequences of their actions. For them, this is one of the stages of growing up. Most boys imitate their father. And what? He drinks beer and nothing happens to him.
The effect of beer on the organism in adolescents manifests itself faster and more strongly. These can be serious hormonal imbalances, as well as all the above diseases.
If you are friendly with your son or daughter, talk to him or her. Just don't talk the moment the child comes home "under the table". It just won't do anything.
Talk to him without shouting, calmly and remember - a monologue is not perceived. Try not to lose your temper and get the child to talk. The more your child talks, the easier it will be to talk. Only in this way can you change the situation and prevent the development of beer alcoholism.
What to do if contact with the child is lost? Here you should definitely contact a psychologist-psychotherapist. Not a conspiracy grandmother, not psychics, not sorcerers - just an experienced doctor.
If you and your child try to solve the problem, you will not only prevent his further development and strengthening of alcohol addiction. You can also make contact with a teenager.
Reasons why teenagers may drink
An example of a parent.This is the first and most important factor. If you suddenly notice something unusual in your teen's behavior, remove all alcohol from the house. If you stop drinking, your child will do it again. So start with yourself. Lead a sober lifestyle. Show that this is what is normal, not an evening of watching TV with a bottle of beer and popcorn.
Company.If people are drinking in a group, change the environment. That's right, don't try to pull your child out, but do it. Maybe a sports section, a different social circle or sometimes just moving to another place will help.
Advertising.It's impossible to protect yourself from it. Beer advertising follows us everywhere - it's a lot of money, which manufacturers will not refuse, despite the laws. In this case, there is only one way out - anti-advertising. Talk to your child, just leave a moralizing tone for your subordinates. And if you don't know what to do, then a psychologist will help him stop drinking.