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How to Stop Alcohol Addiction
By admin | February 15, 2008
As you read this article, please keep one thing in mind: alcohol addiction does not stop, or go into remission, by itself. The human body has a wonderful way of fighting illness and disease; for example, your cold is going to get better whether you take cold medication or not. Your body’s illness defense system takes over and gets you through it. With alcohol addiction, this doesn’t happen. Your brain, liver and kidneys will make some adjustments as to how your body copes with this toxic substance in order to keep you alive. But your body cannot heal itself from the total systemic damage caused by alcohol addiction.
Does this mean that if you suffer from alcohol addiction that there is no hope for your recovery? Absolutely not! This simply means that instead of relying upon your body’s natural illness-fighting system, you must take several important steps to stop your addiction from progressing into its final, terminal phase. For example:
- Stop drinking! You will need the assistance of a physician who can treat you for potentially fatal withdrawal symptoms; NEVER stop drinking “cold turkey!†You could develop life-threatening grand mal seizures or the psychotic state of delirium tremens (the DTs) that are fatal due to extremely high body temperature.
- Ask your physician to recommend a well-experienced drug counselor for evaluation of your alcohol addiction. Be open and honest with your counselor; no denial or minimizing your symptoms. Your counselor needs to know the absolute truth about your alcohol addiction before he/she can help you. If there is ever a time for total honesty, this is it. Your life depends upon your willingness to stop the denial and tell the truth about your alcohol addiction.
- Discuss your treatment options with your drug counselor, and pay careful attention to his/her recommendations. If your counselor recommends inpatient treatment in a drug rehabilitation center, he/she has good reasons for making this recommendation. Do you need to be removed from your day-to-day life, including your drinking buddies? Is your alcohol addiction so severe that you need continuous medical management to help your body toxify and recover? Or perhaps an intensive outpatient program will work for you. Are you interested in alcohol addiction recovery programs like Alcoholics Anonymous? You can see how many options are available for you; you, your physician and your drug counselor will find the intervention that best suits your needs.
Recovery from alcohol addiction is not easy, and it is not rapid. It will take time and effort on your part. It took you many years to develop the alcohol addiction; are you willing to spend just as much effort in ending the physical, psychological, social, and occupational as you put into the development of alcohol addiction? If so, help is there for you whenever you’re ready to make that first step.
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