Female alcoholism: 7 dangerous myths everyone believes in

1. If you drink beer or expensive high-quality alcohol, you won’t get drunk.

It makes no difference what to drink, the main thing is how much and with what regularity. One bottle of beer equals about 60 ml of vodka, and many drink beer like a regular drink to quench their thirst. Beer is dangerous because of its availability. It can be consumed almost anywhere. You can’t drink vodka or wine while standing by the subway. Therefore, today such a term has appeared – beer alcoholism. In high-quality alcoholic drinks, alcohol is better refined than in cheap ones, but it also has a destructive effect on the psyche and physiology of a person. And women are most often sucked into the maelstrom of alcoholism by wine.

2. To become an alcoholic, you have to drink for several years.

Everyone has their own term. Someone can withstand several years, and a woman can get bogged down in a month. The causes of alcoholism lie in three dimensions: sociology, psychology, biology. I was fired from my job, my wife was nagging, loneliness overcame – these are social reasons. Uncertainty in oneself, noticableness, unwillingness to solve life problems are psychological. The body has an enzyme called alcohol dehydrogenase that breaks down alcohol. The less a person has, the more likely he is to become an alcoholic. This is a biological reason. In women, this very enzyme is much more “lazy” than in men. Those who had drinking people in their family are more likely to become an alcoholic.

3. Alcoholics are those who lie under the fence.

This is the main excuse for alcoholics. They repeat: “I never slept on a drunken bench,” “My wife did not kick me out of the house.” In fact, businessmen drink in restaurants and baths, businessmen’s wives – at home. People who understand that they are sick are very rare. Here are the main signs by which you can determine that you have become an alcoholic:

* you are no longer happy with what used to be a pleasure;

* you are constantly looking for an excuse to grab a glass;

* in anticipation of a feast, become excited;

* at the table, your glass empties earlier than everyone else;

* a matter of your honor – to drink all the alcohol that is in stock;

* began to drink alcohol, which was previously considered cheap and of low quality;

* after a stormy evening, attends a hangover syndrome;

* alcoholic drinks and everything related to drinking is a frequent topic of your conversations;

* for the sake of gatherings, you can neglect work, family responsibilities.

4. When a person drinks a lot, and does not get drunk, this speaks of the strength of his body.

Rather, about the second stage of alcoholism. When a person abuses alcohol, the body defends itself and begins to produce more and more alcohol dehydrogenase, brings it to the maximum. At this time, a person can heroically slap a liter of vodka without batting an eye. But after a while there will be a breakdown. In the third stage, the alcoholic also gets drunk from a glass of vodka.

5. Stop drinking? Easily! One has only to want.

This is another excuse for alcoholics: “I can stop drinking at any time, but I don’t want to do this yet.” Alcoholism cannot stop by itself. If you do not treat a person who is in the first stage of the disease, it will go further, and this entails the disintegration of the personality and, ultimately, death.

6. You can recover and drink a little, like everyone else.

It is really possible to recover, but alcoholism will accompany a person all his life. An alcoholic will never be able to drink a little. He either does not drink at all, or again goes into a binge.

7. The main thing is to persuade the alcoholic to encode, then the disease will pass.

There are a lot of methods of getting rid of alcoholism now, and they have both pros and cons.

The most famous method is to sew a capsule with a medicine into a patient or to inject a medicine incompatible with alcohol into a vein. It is based on simple intimidation. A person for a year or two (depending on how long the medicine works) does not take alcohol in his mouth, because he is afraid of dying. The fact that the patient does not drink is a plus. But this is only a temporary and partial solution to the problem. A person becomes irritable, embittered, feels unhappy and is always afraid to accidentally swallow alcohol, for example, contained in a candy or medicinal tincture. As soon as the sewing period ends, it, as a rule, again breaks down into a binge.

Coding is also largely based on intimidation. The person is inspired that he will feel very bad if he takes a sip of alcohol. If he accidentally drinks someone else’s glass with juice diluted with vodka, the fear of death will fall on him. Some people get headaches after coding. Most psychiatrists believe that it is impossible to invade the poorly studied consciousness.

Only complex treatment can be effective. Psychologists, psychotherapists or psychiatrists should help to solve psychological problems, narcologists – to remove physical dependence and strengthen the body with the help of medications, loved ones – to support the patient. Treatment for alcoholism is long and difficult, but it can be successful. The main thing is that the patient himself wants to become healthy.