Beer is not considered a strong alcoholic beverage and it seems pointless to drink a glass or two before going to bed. But daily consumption of beer causes serious consequences, as well as a strong addiction, which cannot always be overcome on one's own.
Everyone has their own dose of beer, which makes them feel good at night 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 one liter, then it will not be good in the morning, neither for one nor for the other.
All the consequences of alcohol poisoning are obvious: smoke that makes the passengers on the trolley next to you shudder, a headache. Also nausea, depression, poor coordination.
If you decide to have a glass of beer with friends, this should not turn into daily heavy drinking sessions. Changes in behavior, aggression and irritability appear, which can infect the family: partner, children, parents. Because they are the closest to everyone, they are the weak link on which you can throw your dissatisfaction.
Even a bottle of beer makes some people aggressive. Often, a confused 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, or maybe someone close to you has a problem. A glass of beer with friends in the evenings 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 to be a problem or disease since it has a low alcohol content. A stimulating factor is advertising in which television stars, pop stars and even athletes drink beer. This creates a community of sorts where everyone who buys and drinks beer is involved in more than just gatherings with friends.
People on television screens or on billboards seem absolutely happy and, oddly enough, sober. They celebrate a goal with a glass in their hand or drink beer after a long sightseeing tour. They are celebrating. Any advertisement settles in the brain because it is repeated with a certain periodicity, it is inspiring: here it is, the way out of all life's situations. Have a glass of beer and you will also feel joy.
Now look at the beer alcoholic from the outside. These could be your drinking buddies or your drinking acquaintances. What are you going to 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 standing. So if it is a soft drink, why can't a woman drink it?
Girls with a glass of beer rarely appear in advertising. The predilection for it is rather encouraged by the environment. We will talk more 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 fewer hormones that can break them down and completely eliminate them, so the decomposition period is longer, which means that the poisoning of a drinking woman's body will be much stronger.
Gulchatay! Show your face
Beer consumption often affects women's appearance. And it may already be too late to fight against skin aging. And the beer was consumed only for six months. Dilated and burst blood vessels on the face, the red tip of the nose, swelling and much more do not decorate a woman at all. And they, the consequences, will definitely come. So is it worth poisoning yourself with beer and realizing that in a few years your face and skin, which are often valued more by women, will become something unpleasant to look at? And it will definitely give away a drinking woman. Consequently, keep people away.
The smell of dad's beer is scary, but from mom.
Every glass of beer breaks your children's psyche, but all parents do not wish them anything. A mother who drinks, even after a bottle of beer, causes panic in any child. And the aggression that arises after a beer party usually affects the closest creature: the child.
Unborn child and beer.
Drinking beer during pregnancy causes alcohol withdrawal in the newborn. Do I need to say anything else? What would her internal organs or psyche be like if the future mother did not disdain a glass of beer in the evening?
The baby constantly screams, wriggles, feels pain. Newborn, he already has the withdrawal syndrome, the withdrawal syndrome. Often, these children are born with pathologies incompatible with life.
Does this only apply to the mother? No. If a child was conceived by a drunken father whose body has already undergone changes, then the baby may suffer from a number of diseases that cannot be predicted in advance.
If you are planning a pregnancy, avoid drinking alcoholic beverages. And of course, you also have to stop drinking beer, although it is partly a product of fermentation, I am 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. The consequences are many, one of them is impotence.
And there are also many "funny" consequences in the form of swollen mammary glands, a beer belly and other little things that turn a man into a sexless creature.
What happens in the body of an alcoholic?
Let's start with the brain.Alcohol causes changes in the chemical connections of the gray matter. The chemical element that is integrated into the brain's wiring system can only be removed by medication. This causes psychophysical disorders, memory impairment, delayed reactions and, in some cases, even dementia.
Stomach.Beer contains fermentation products and alcohol. Once in the stomach, of course, it causes fermentation. Over time, the gastric mucosa atrophies and gastric juice stops being secreted. As a result, beer causes gastritis, which turns into chronic gastritis and causes:
- General weakness;
- constant fatigue;
- frequent pain in the epigastric region (stomach area);
- problems with stool and many other extremely unpleasant consequences.
Added to this condition are chronic irritability, aggression and everything associated with it.
The body's filter is the liver.It absorbs and passes through itself everything you put in your mouth. Chronic alcohol poisoning causes the destruction of liver cells. It stops working to cleanse the body of toxins and works only to eliminate the consequences of dubious pleasure from the body.
Beer hepatitis quickly and easily leads to cirrhosis of the liver. But they still haven't really learned how to deal with it.
Kidneys.Then they poison them. They remove liquids that contain all harmful substances that are not absorbed into the blood. Alcohols irritate the renal pelvis and destroy its tissue. Next, the kidneys begin to function in an improved manner, removing from the body not only decay products, but also useful microelements and materials from which the cells of our body are built.
But a 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.
Heart.When alcohol enters the body, the heart undergoes increased stress. It occurs due to the fact that after one gram of alcohol the blood vessels immediately fill with blood. The heart is forced to work harder. Varicose veins do not only occur in the heart. Beer abuse causes blood vessels to become flaccid, unable to contract and lose elasticity. And then the heart doesn't get enough blood flow, it fills with fat, the walls thicken and then a heart attack is not far away.
"If I had known where you would fall, I would have drawn straws"
How much do you need to drink to have all these problems? It's different for everyone. Some people drink beer for years, while others only need a few months for the changes in the body to become irreversible. There is only one way to avoid them: stop drinking.
When is the time to think about the consequences?
It's best the first day you plan to try the beer. In general, it is never too late to do this. But there are several points that should seriously alert you.
- You want to drink in the morning, without waiting for the night.
- You can't live a single day without a bottle of beer.
- You were going to drink a bottle, but you can't stop even after three.
- Little 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 seem rude, but with such symptoms it is too late to think about the consequences. We already have to do something, take clearly specific measures to change the situation. And most importantly, stop drinking beer.
How to cure alcohol addiction 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, inextricable connections have formed in the brain and it is time to contact a specialist.
The first step for those who can stop drinking on their own.
If you decide to try to quit drinking beer on your own, without the involvement of a doctor, first try to stay alcohol-free 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 first few days, will be strong. You'll need to switch your brain to something to replace your beer. This could be a passionate 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 reject it. And most importantly, stay away from your surroundings, avoid those people who are not averse to missing a bottle and will push you back with all their might.
You didn't always drink beer and just enjoy it, right? 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, then you were able to independently interrupt the chemical reactions in the brain and recover psychologically.
You can treat yourself to 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 drunk (drink) in a year, " is the first sign that you are slipping back into old habits. Don't start again, remember the first week of giving up alcohol. This may discourage you from wanting to drink.
Second step. Do sport.
If you drank beer not as a sedative to calm down, but to become bolder, then the adrenaline that sports will bring can easily replace alcohol. Well, maybe it's not that easy. The main thing is not to drink a cold drink after running or hitting a punching bag.
Swimming also saves. It charges the body and relaxes it. Furthermore, harmful substances are eliminated through our skin and water washes them away. And it is about the issue of 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 in a baby whose parents drank alcohol:
- tremor (not only the hands tremble, but the whole body);
- hallucinations;
- headaches, high blood pressure, vomiting, seizures.
All these symptoms are reason to consult a doctor and you cannot postpone it any longer. This requires immediate treatment. First of all, it will be medicinal, aimed at removing alcohol and decay products from the blood, and then psychological. It all depends on the state of the body.
Often, the drinker's relatives, who cannot force the patient to see a doctor, use various traditional coding methods and turn to their grandparents - they helped their neighbor! Don't self-medicate. At the very least, this can be wasted money, and at the most, such a non-standard and unconventional solution can lead to serious illnesses. In some cases (drinking with herbs, adding "miraculous" emetics, etc. ) to death.
The scenario is psychological.
Psychologists have many techniques that can help you stop drinking. One option is group therapy. This may seem funny and for some it is completely unacceptable, but communicating with people who are quitting drinking, with people who are in the same situation, really helps.
One technique is to try replacing the beer. You can use this option yourself. Start again. Do you remember the first time you drank beer? What was related to this? Maybe you drank with friends to look cool. But now the beer is not good. It's great 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 need to do is recreate and relive those moments, only now without beer.
Avoid contact with friends and colleagues who drink. This will give you time to get used to your new healthy lifestyle. And, besides, it is easy to avoid ridicule, because these "comrades" often take it "weakly. "So why take the risk of succumbing? For someone who has stopped drinking, those friends are no longer counselors.
Believe me, such simple psychological techniques can replace beer. But it is better to enlist the help of an experienced psychologist who can identify the underlying causes. After all, the problem does not always lie on the surface. A specialist will help you cope with depression, irritability, cravings for beer and low-alcohol drinks.
What to do if a teenager drinks
Not all parents know if their child has tried beer or not. Children often try beer in their first company. They do not yet understand all the consequences of their actions. For them, this is one of the stages of growth. Most children imitate their father. And? He drinks beer and nothing happens to him.
The effects of beer on the organism of adolescents manifest themselves faster and more strongly. These can be serious hormonal imbalances, as well as all of the above diseases.
If you are on friendly terms with her 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 your child to talk. The more your child talks, the easier it will be to have a conversation. Only in this way can the situation be changed and the development of beer alcoholism prevented.
What to do if contact with the child is lost? Here you definitely need to contact a psychologist-psychotherapist. Not to grandmother for a conspiracy, not to psychics, not to sorcerers, just to an experienced doctor.
If you and your child try to solve the problem, you will not only prevent his further development and increase in alcohol dependence. You can also establish contact with a teenager.
Reasons why teenagers may drink
Example of 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 start drinking again. So start with yourself. Live a sober lifestyle. Show that this is normal, and not an afternoon watching TV with a bottle of beer and popcorn.
Company.If people drink in groups, then change the environment. That's right, don't TRY to take your child out, but do it. Perhaps a sports section, a different social circle, or sometimes just moving to another place will help.
Advertising.It is impossible to protect yourself from it. Beer advertising follows us everywhere: it is a lot of money that producers do not refuse, despite the laws. In this case, there is only one way out: anti-advertising. Talk to your child, leave the moralizing tone only for your subordinates. And if you don't know what to do, a psychologist will help you stop drinking.