Beer is not considered a strong alcoholic drink, and it seems that there is no point in drinking a glass or two before going to bed. But drinking beer every day leads to serious consequences, as well as a strong addiction, which you cannot always overcome on your own.
Everyone has their dose of beer that 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 drank more than a liter, then the morning will not be good for either of them.
All the consequences of alcohol poisoning are obvious: smoke that makes the passengers on the trolley next to you shiver, headaches. Also nausea, depression, poor coordination.
If you decide to drink a glass of beer with friends, it should not become a daily drinking in large quantities. Changes in behavior, aggression and irritability appear, which can spill over into the family - partner, children, parents. Since they are the closest to everyone, they are the weak link on which you can vent your displeasure.
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 person 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 in which TV stars, pop stars and even sportsmen drink beer acts as a stimulating factor. This creates a kind of community where everyone who buys and drinks beer is involved in more than just hanging out with friends.
People on TV screens or on posters look absolutely happy and, oddly enough, sober. They celebrate naked with a glass in hand or drink beer after a long hiking trip. They celebrate. Every advertisement settles in the brain because it is repeated with a certain periodicity, inspiring - this is the way out of all life situations. Grab a glass of beer and you too 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 liters of beer and still be on your feet. So if it's a weak drink, then why can't a woman drink it?
Ads rarely feature girls with a glass of beer. The predisposition to it is encouraged rather by the environment. We will talk further 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.
After entering 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 decay period occurs longer, which means that the poisoning of the body in a drinking woman will be much stronger.
Beer consumption often affects women's appearance. And it may already be too late to fight skin aging. And beer was drunk only for six months. Dilated and burst blood vessels on the face, red tip of the nose, swelling and many others do not decorate a woman at all. And they, the consequences, will certainly come. So is it worth poisoning yourself with beer, realizing that in a few years the face and skin, which are often valued most by women, will turn into something that will be disgusting to look at. And it will definitely betray a drinking woman. Push people away accordingly.
Every glass of beer breaks your children's psyche, but all parents wish nothing on them. A drinking mother, even after one bottle of beer, causes panic in any child. And the aggression that comes after a beer is most often poured out on the closest creature - the child.
Drinking beer during pregnancy causes alcohol withdrawal in the newborn. Need I say more? About what his internal organs or psyche would be like if the mother-to-be didn't despise a glass of beer at night?
The baby constantly screams, twists, hurts. Just born, it already has withdrawal syndrome - withdrawal syndrome. Often such children are born with pathologies incompatible with life.
Does this only apply to the mother? No. If the child is conceived by a drunken father, whose organism has already undergone changes, then the baby may suffer from a bunch of diseases that cannot be predicted in advance.
If you are planning a pregnancy, avoid drinking alcoholic beverages. And of course you should also stop drinking beer, even though it is a partially fermented product, I'm not just diluted alcohol. If you can't think of yourself, think of the closest person in your life - your unborn child.
Beer does no less harm to men. The thing is that phytoestrogen, a female hormone (similar to progesterone, the pregnancy hormone), which is contained in beer, inhibits male hormones. The consequences are many, 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 being.
What happens in the body of an alcoholic
- general weakness;
- constant fatigue;
- frequent pain in the epigastric region (stomach area);
- stool problems and many other extremely unpleasant consequences.
Added to this condition is chronic irritability, aggression and everything related to it.
Brewer's hepatitis quickly and easily leads to cirrhosis of the liver. But they have not yet learned how to treat it.
But kidney infarction can occur even in a novice alcoholic. This is the necrosis of the vessels that nourish the kidney tissue, or their thrombosis. The consequence is that the part of the kidney that has stopped receiving blood flow simply dies.
"If I'd known where you'd fall, I'd have pulled at 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 taste the beer. In general, it is never too late to do this. But there are several points that should seriously warn 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 were about to drink a bottle, but you can't stop even after three.
- Small things start to annoy you, inexplicable fear appears and depression grows.
- You are distracted and unable to complete simple tasks.
- You are planning a pregnancy - this applies to both women and men.
It may sound harsh, but with such symptoms it is too late to think about the consequences. We must now do something, 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 taken effect, indissoluble bonds have formed in the brain, and it's time to contact a specialist.
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 doctors, 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 a cup or bottle, especially in the early days, will be strong. You will have to switch your brain to something that will replace your beer. It can be an exciting hobby that will occupy your time and attention, or a job that will completely take up your free time.
Ask your loved ones for support - they probably won't refuse you. And most importantly, distance yourself from your surroundings, avoid those people who don't mind dropping a bottle and will pull you back with all their might.
You haven't always had beer and just enjoyed it, have you? Remember what made you happy before 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 independently interrupt the chemical reactions in the brain and recover psychologically.
You can afford a glass of champagne for the New Year or wine for your birthday. But no more. If you relapse, 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 a relapse. Don't start again, remember the first week of stopping alcohol. This may dissuade you from wanting to drink.
Step two. I do sports.
If you drank beer not as a sedative to calm down, but to become braver, then the adrenaline that sports will bring you can easily replace 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 strains the body and relaxes it. In addition, harmful substances are removed through our skin, and water washes them away. And here it is about cleansing 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 drink alcohol:
- tremor (not only the hands are shaking, but also the whole body as a whole);
- hallucinations;
- headache, high blood pressure, vomiting, convulsions.
All these symptoms are a reason to consult a doctor and you cannot delay it any longer. This requires immediate treatment. First, it will be medicinal, aimed at removing alcohol and decay products from the blood, and then psychological. It all depends on the condition of the body.
Often relatives of the drinker, who cannot force the patient to go to the doctor, use various traditional coding methods, go to their grandparents - they helped their neighbor! Do not self-medicate. At a minimum, this can be wasted money, and at a maximum, 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 refuse to drink, with people who are in the same situation, really helps.
One technique is to try substituting beer. You can use this option yourself. Start over. Do you remember the first time you drank beer? What was involved in that? Maybe you drank with friends to look cool. But beer isn't cool now. It's cool to be healthy and rich now.
If you drink because you want to recapture childhood love or 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 drinking friends and colleagues. This will give you time to get used to your new healthy lifestyle. And besides, you can easily avoid ridicule, because such "friends" often take it "poorly". So why risk giving in? For someone who has stopped drinking, such friends are no longer counselors.
Trust me, such simple psychological techniques can replace beer for you. But it is better if you get help from an experienced psychologist who can identify the root causes. After all, the problem is not always on the surface. A specialist will help you deal with depression, irritability, cravings for beer and low-alcohol drinks.
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 do not yet understand the full consequences of their actions. For them, this is one of the stages of growth. Most boys imitate their father. And what? He drinks beer and is fine.
The effects of beer on the body in adolescents appear faster and stronger. These can be serious hormonal imbalances, as well as all the above diseases.
If you are friends with your son or daughter, talk to him or her. Just don't talk at the moment when the child goes "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 your child to talk. The more your child talks, the easier it will be to hold a conversation. 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 to a conspiracy grandmother, not to psychics, not to magicians - just to 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 dependence. You can also establish contact with a teenager.
Reasons why teenagers may drink
An example for parents.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 normal, not an evening 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 get your child out, just do it. Maybe a sports section, a different social circle, or sometimes just moving somewhere else will help.
advertisement.It is impossible to protect yourself from it. Beer advertising follows us everywhere - this is a lot of money that manufacturers will not refuse, despite the laws. In this case, there is only one way out - anti-advertising. Talk to your child, leaving only the moralizing tone for your subordinates. And if you don't know what to do, then the psychologist will help him stop drinking.