Tips on How to Overcome Alcohol Addiction

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Alcoholic beverages are drinks containing ethyl alcohol or ethanol. Ethanol is fermented carbohydrates derived from fruits or seeds. Alcoholic beverages can be addictive because the substance of ethanol has addictive properties and reacts as anesthetic or sedative substances.

Various health problems the body may occur due to the influence of alcohol. Women are more at risk for various diseases due to alcohol consumption.
  1. Trigger breast cancer, substance acetaldehyde, which is the result of alcohol metabolism in the body, was damaging the cell's natural ability to repair DNA. As a result, cell mutations occur easily and will cause cancer, alcohol can interfere with and increase the production of excessive estrogen hormone that can stimulate cell mutation.
  2. Reduce fertility, disruption of the estrogen hormone balance due to consumption of alcohol also affects the function of female reproductive organs. As a result among other things became chaotic menstrual cycles and infertility (infertile). Ethanol toxic activity could prevent the occurrence of ovulation, so they can become the main cause of infertility.
  3. Envenom fetus, alcohol is toxic to the fetus and can cause the fetal alcohol syndrome, the syndrome due to disruption of body organs during fetal development in utero.
  4. Heart damage, alcohol when attacking the heart muscle can cause damage to the heart muscle tissue. As a result, the heart muscle will enlarge and become tender. This situation will weaken the heart work. So blood is pumped to be distributed to the entire body was disturbed.
  5. High blood pressure, substances contained ethanol in the blood will trigger the addition of the hormone epinephrine. If this condition is accompanied by body condition of the mineral magnesium deficiency is a combination of these conditions will cause the heart rate irregular. Next, this situation can trigger high blood pressure.
  6. Stroke risk is higher, disruption of the blood pumping efficiency of the heart can make blood flow to the brain become blocked. As a result, the supply of food and oxygen to the brain was affected and this condition can trigger a stroke.
  7. Can cause osteoporosis, the reaction of alcohol in the body will result in parathyroid hormones, hormones that regulate duty absorption, distribution and expenditure of calcium in the body decreases the amount. This situation causes osteoporosis.
  8. Cause mental disorders, consumption of alcohol in the long run can interfere with nerve signal conductor (neurotransmitters). This condition can cause mental disorder that makes the behavior, thoughts, and the character of a person to change.
So many negative consequences resulting from drinking alcohol. Therefore, it is time to you started thinking about how to reduce or even eliminate your addiction to alcohol.

#Make a list of reasons why you should stop drinking alcohol, you can ask the help of friends, to identify the reasons. Then save this record to motivate yourself#

#Create a variety of plans that could keep you from alcohol. For example, throw away the bottles of alcohol, make a list of activities that cause you to forget the alcohol, or change the decor of where you often see the alcohol#

#Always committed to the steps you do, and evaluation from day to day, so that becomes a good habit. Thus, the more days you are the more distant and free from alcohol#

#We recommend that you avoid the negative things that can affect you for the re-addiction to alcohol. For example, away from friends who liked to drink alcohol, or avoiding the old lifestyle that often went to discos. This is a little more to help you overcome addiction#

#You can consult a doctor, psychiatrist or someone who you think is capable of providing solutions how to overcome alcohol addiction#

# If you consume alcohol, avoid drugs cimetidine (Tagamet) and racitidin (Zantac). Both drugs inhibit the gastric workplace alcohol dehydrogenase enzyme, disrupting the process of decomposition and the influence of alcohol increased levels of alcohol in the blood#

# Minimize the effects of consuming alcohol in fermented foods (probiotics). Such foods can be useful as an anti-hangover agent (the pain barrier after waking in the morning due to consuming too much alcohol)#

#The latter is a reward for yourself if you are able to detach themselves from the influence of alcohol addiction, with your reward something fun. For example, go to eat, movies, the gym or to the game area. Certainly go along with the family or the people closest to you#

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