Have you ever wondered if your drinking is out of control?
The boundary between drinking socially and abusing alcohol is a very small one. You might not think that you have a problem but the people closest to you usually recognise it first.
Ask yourself this:
- Do you drink to get drunk?
- Do you wake up the next morning after a binge drinking session with no recollection of what happened the night before?
- Is your personal and professional life suffering because of your drinking habits?
If you answered yes to any of the questions above, you may be an alcohol abuser. The good news is that the sooner you get help, the faster you can get back on the right track.
What is Alcohol Abuse?
Alcohol abuse occurs when someone continues to drink in spite of continued social, interpersonal or legal difficulties it causing.
The primary difference between alcohol abuse and alcohol addiction is the presences of ‘loss of control’ and ‘withdrawal symptoms’.
How Alcohol Abuse Affects Your Life
The dangers of alcohol abuse are severe. Just because it’s legal and easily accessible, doesn’t make it safe! In fact, drug experts believe that alcohol is more dangerous than heroin.
Alcohol abuse can affect every single part of your life. Your health will suffer and you become more prone to picking up illnesses such as:
- Cirrhosis – Scarring of the liver
- Pancreatitis – Inflammation of the pancreas, which will also cause scarring
- High blood pressure – increases your chances of suffering a stroke, heart attacks and heart disease
- Osteoporosis – the weakening and thinning of your bones
- Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome – a serious brain disease which causes visual impairment, loss of memory and mobility problems, especially in your legs
But it’s not just your health that’s affected. You could suffer financial setbacks as well, for example, you could lose your job because you continually arrive at work drunk or you simply spend ridiculously large amounts of money on alcohol, for which quality can be expensive.
Alcohol abuse can also damage your relationships with your family and friends. Believe it or not, your drinking habits hurts the people that love you the most and you may even begin to isolate yourself away from them in order to make more time for you to visit the bar.
Every time you come home drunk, you put a dagger in their hearts. Your husband or wife and children don’t want to see you drunk. They want to see you healthy, happy and they want to spend as much time with you as possible.
Nobody wants to see you like this. You might not think you have a problem and that you have everything under control but unfortunately you don’t. It’s important to get professional help as soon as possible.
Alcohol Abuse Treatment
The longer alcohol abuse is left untreated, the higher are your chances of becoming addicted to it. You have the chance to stop it in its tracks by getting help inside an alcohol treatment center.
We can provide you with immediate admission into the best private alcohol abuse treatment centers in South Africa, the United Kingdom and Thailand. Call us now and let one of our qualified addiction counsellors provide you with free, expert and confidential advice.
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