STATISTICS ABOUT ALCOHOL USE
SIX PEOPLE
DIE EVERY DAY FROM ALCOHOL POISONING
23 PERCENT
OF ADMISSIONS TO PUBLIC TREATMENT CENTERS ARE DUE TO ALCOHOL ABUSE
14.5 MILLION PEOPLE SUFFERED FROM ALCOHOL USE DISORDERS IN 2019
5 FAST FACTS ABOUT ALCOHOL
1. ALCOHOL ABUSE IS ASSOCIATED WITH AN INCREASED RISK FOR HEALTH PROBLEMS SUCH AS LIVER DISEASE, PANCREATITIS, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND HEART ATTACK
2. ALCOHOL USE DISORDER IS LINKED TO SEVERAL MENTAL ILLNESSES, SUCH AS MAJOR DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, SCHIZOPHRENIA AND BIPOLAR DISORDER
4. HEAVY DRINKING LOWERS YOUR JUDGEMENT SKILLS AND INHIBITIONS, WHICH CAN LEAD TO DANGEROUS SITUATIONS SUCH AS CAR ACCIDENTS, COMMITING CRIMES AND PROBLEMS WITH OTHER SUBSTANCE USE.
SYMPTOMS OF ALCOHOL ADDICTION
- INCREASED QUANTITY OR FREQUENCY OF ALCOHOL USE
- HIGH TOLERANCE FOR ALCOHOL
- STRONG CRAVINGS TO DRINK ALCOHOL
- UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO REDUCE DRINKING
- DRINKING TO INAPPROPRIATE TIMES SUCH AS FIRST THING IN THE MORNING
- NEEDING ALCOHOL TO FUNCTION IN EVERYDAY LIFE
- HIDING ALCOHOL
SHORT TERM EFFECTS
OF ALCOHOL ABUSE
- LOWERED INHIBITIONS
- TROUBLE CONCENTRATING
- SLOW REACTION TIME
- LOSS OF COORDINATION
- LOSS OF JUDGMENT
- MOOD SWINGS
- PASSING OUT
- VOMITING
LONG TERM EFFECTS
OF ALCOHOL ABUSE
- MEMORY LOSS
- LOSS OF ATTENTION SPAN
- TROUBLE LEARNING
- HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
- CANCERS OF THE THROAT, MOUTH, LARYNX,
LIVER, BREAST, AND COLON - STROKE
- IRREGULAR HEARTBEAT
SIGNS OF ALCOHOL POISONING
- CONFUSIONS
- NAUSEA AND VOMITING
- UNCONSCIOUSNESS
- LOW BODY TEMPERATURE
STAGES OF ALCOHOLISM
KNOWING THE STAGES OF ALCOHOLISM CAN HELP YOU AS YOU DETERMINE
WHAT YOUR OPTIONS ARE FOR DETOXIFICATION AND TREATMENT. THERE
ARE FOUR STAGES OF ALCOHOLISM:
TYPES OF ALCOHOLICS
ACCORDING TO AMERICAN ADDICTION CENTERS, THERE ARE FIVE TYPES OF ALCOHOLICS:
pre-alcoholic
Early alcoholic
MIDDLE ALCOHOLIC
LATE ALCOHOLIC
NO MATTER WHAT STAGE OF ALCOHOLISM YOU ARE IN – YOU CAN OVERCOME YOUR ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE AND RECOVER THROUGH DETOX, REHAB AND THERAPY.
YOUNG ADULT ALCOHOLIC
YOUNG ANTISOCIAL ALCOHOLICS
FUNCTIONAL ALCOHOLIC
INTERMEDIATE FAMILIAL ALCOHOLIC
CHRONIC SEVERE ALCOHOLIC
TREATMENT FOR ALCOHOL ADDICTION
TREATMENT FOR ALCOHOLISM CAN INCLUDE VARIOUS MOETHODS BUT IT TYPICALLY INVOLVES THREE STEPS
1.DETOXIFICATION
THIS IF THE FIRST STEP OF ALCOHOL ADDICTION TREATMENT. IT SHOULD BE COMPLETED WITH THE HELP OF A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
2. REHAB
THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF REHABS THAT CAN HELP WITH RECOVERY FROM ALCOHOL ADDICTION.
- INPATIENT – INTENSIVE TREATMENT PROGRAMS THA TREQUIRE YOU TO CHECK INTO A FACILITY FOR A SHORT-PERIOD OF TIME.
- OUTPATIENT – A PROGRAM IN WHICH INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATE IN RECOVERY WHLE LIVING AT HOME AND CONTINUE WITH DAILY LIFE.
3. MAINTENANCE
AFTER COMPLETING REHAB, YOU WILL NEED TO ENGAGE IN CERTAIN METHODS TO MAINTAIN YOUR SOBRIETY. THIS CAN INCLUDE ATTENDING INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING OR GROUP THERAPY/SUPPORT GROUPS SUCH AS ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS.
- COUNSELING/THERAPY
- ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS AND OTHER SUPPORT GROUPS
