Top 5 Things You Need About Alcoholism
1) Alcoholism is an addiction to the consumption of alcoholic liquor or the mental illness and compulsive behavior resulting from alcohol consumption.
2) There is a difference between alcohol abuse and alcoholism, abuse of alcohol does not include the person having withdrawal symptoms or needing more and more amounts to achieve intoxication, unless the person has developed alcoholism.
3) Dependency of alcohol develops when you drink so much that chemical changes in the brain occur. These changes focus the pleasure feelings that result when you drink alcohol. These feelings caused an increased desire to drink alcohol, even it may cause harm to you. It is highly imperative that we monitor the amounts of alcohol that we consume, so that we prevent turning to alcohol dependency.
4) You know you at risk of being an alcoholic when you;
- Having more than 15 drinks a week if you are a male
- Having more than 12 drinks a week if you are a female
- Having more than five drinks at an occasion
- Having mental problems such as depression and anxiety
- You may also be risk of being an alcoholic:
- If you are a young adult experiencing peer pressure
- If you have a low self-esteem, and always trying to fit in even if it means going out of the extra ordinary
- Always experiencing high levels of stress
- If you come from a family where alcohol is common and accepted
5) Top five signs you an alcoholic
- Drinking alone
- Drinking with the aim of feeling the substance effects
- You becoming defensive when you are asked about alcohol
- Neglecting food
- Missing work or school because of drinking
- Being unable to control alcohol consumption
- Trying all by means to make excuses to drink
- Drinking even when problems start developing in your life
