Beer is not considered a strong alcoholic drink and there seems to be no point in drinking a glass or two before bed. But daily beer consumption has serious consequences, as well as a strong addiction, which it is not always possible to overcome alone.
Everyone has their own dose of beer, which makes you feel good at night and bad in the morning. But if a man drank beer at night and it was more than three liters, and a woman drank more than a liter, then in the morning it will not work, neither for one nor for the other.
All the consequences of alcohol poisoning are obvious: smoke that makes the trolleybus passengers next to you shudder, a headache. Also nausea, depression, poor coordination.
If you decide to have a glass of beer with friends, this should not evolve into daily binge drinking sessions. Changes in behavior, aggression and irritability appear, which can have repercussions on the family - partner, children, parents. Because they are the closest of all, they are the weak link on which you can dump your dissatisfaction.
Even a bottle of beer makes some people aggressive. Often, a foggy brain doesn't distinguish who is in front of it. The boundaries of morality are blurred and the feeling of danger disappears. And then those actions are committed that a sober person can regret for the rest of his life.
If you're reading this article, maybe it's time to stop drinking beer, or maybe someone close to you has a problem. A glass of beer with friends in the evening has already become your constant companion, and you simply have no idea what you will do if suddenly there is no beer.
Most do not consider beer addiction a problem or disease, as it has a low alcohol content. Advertising in which television stars, pop stars and even athletes drink beer acts as a stimulating factor. This creates a community of sorts where everyone who buys and drinks beer engages in something more than just hanging out with friends.
The people on TV screens or posters look absolutely happy and, oddly enough, sober. They celebrate a goal with a glass in their hand or drink beer after a long tourist walk. They are celebrating. Any advertisement settles in the brain because it is repeated with a certain periodicity, inspiring - here it is, the way out of all life situations. Have a glass of beer and you too will feel joy.
Now look at the alcoholic beer from outside. These could be your drinking buddies or drinking acquaintances. What will you see? Do they look as good as the ones on screen?
Female and male alcoholism
Beer is a man's drink. You can drink pints of beer and still stay on your feet. So if this is a weak drink, why can't a woman drink it?
Advertising rarely features girls with a glass of beer. The predilection for this is greatly encouraged by the environment. We will talk more about how to get rid of alcoholism. Now we will not talk about the moral side of the problem, but let's try to understand what changes occur in the female body when drinking beer.
Once in the intestine, the ethanol contained in any alcoholic beverage is broken down in the liver. Women have less hormone capable of breaking it down and removing it completely, so the decomposition period is longer, which means that the poisoning of the body in a drinking woman will be much stronger.
Gulchatay! Show your face
Beer consumption often affects women's appearance. And it may already be too late to combat skin aging. And the beer was consumed for only six months. Dilated and burst blood vessels on the face, red tip of the nose, swelling and much more do not decorate a woman. And they, the consequences, will certainly come. So it's worth poisoning yourself with beer, realizing that in a few years the face and skin, which are often most valued by women, will turn into something that will be disgusting to look at. And it will definitely give away a woman who drinks. Consequently, push people away.
The smell of beer from my father scares me, but my mother's
Every glass of beer breaks the psyche of their children, but all parents do not wish them anything. A mother who drinks even one bottle of beer causes panic in any child. And the aggression that comes after a beer party often targets the closest creature - the child.
Unborn child and beer
Drinking beer during pregnancy causes alcohol withdrawal in the newborn. I need to say more? About what her internal organs or her psyche would be like if the expectant mother did not disdain a glass of beer in the evening?
The baby screams constantly, is twisted, is in pain. Newborn, he already has withdrawal syndrome - withdrawal syndrome. Often, these children are born with pathologies that are incompatible with life.
Does this only apply to the mother? No. If a child was conceived by a drunken father whose body has already undergone changes, the baby may suffer from a series of illnesses that cannot be predicted in advance.
If you are planning a pregnancy, avoid drinking alcoholic beverages. And of course, you also need to stop drinking beer, although it is partially a product of fermentation, it is not just diluted alcohol. If you can't think of yourself, think of the closest person in your life: your unborn child.
Beer causes no less harm to men. The fact is that phytoestrogen, a female hormone (analogue of progesterone, the pregnancy hormone), contained in beer, inhibits male hormones. The consequences are many, one of them is impotence.
And there are also many "fun" consequences in the form of swollen mammary glands, a beer belly and other little things that turn a man into an asexual creature.
What happens in an alcoholic's body
Let's start with the brain.Alcohol causes changes in the chemical connections of gray matter. The chemical element incorporated into the brain's connection system can only be removed through medication. This leads to psychophysical disorders, memory impairment, delayed reactions and, in some cases, even dementia.
Stomach.Beer contains fermentation products and alcohol. Once in the stomach, it of course causes fermentation. Over time, the gastric mucosa atrophies and gastric juice stops being secreted. As a result, beer causes gastritis, which develops into chronic gastritis, causing:
- general weakness;
- constant fatigue;
- frequent pain in the epigastric region (stomach region);
- problems with stool and many other extremely unpleasant consequences.
Added to this condition are chronic irritability, aggressiveness and everything associated with it.
The body's filter is the liver.It absorbs and passes through everything you put in your mouth. Chronic alcohol intoxication causes destruction of liver cells. It stops working to cleanse the body of toxins and acts only to remove the consequences of dubious pleasure from the body.
Beer hepatitis quickly and easily leads to cirrhosis of the liver. But they still haven't learned how to treat it.
Kidneys.They are then poisoned. They remove fluids that contain all harmful substances that are not absorbed into the blood. Alcohols irritate the renal pelvis, destroying its tissues. Then the kidneys begin to function in an enhanced manner, removing from the body not only decay products, but also microelements and useful materials from which the cells of our body are built.
But a kidney infarction can occur even in a novice alcoholic. It is the necrosis of the vessels that nourish the kidney tissue, or their thrombosis. The consequence is that the part of the kidney that has stopped receiving blood flow simply dies.
Heart.When alcohol enters the body, increased stress falls on the heart. This is due to the fact that after one gram of alcohol the blood vessels immediately overflow with blood. The heart is forced to work harder. Varicose veins don't just occur in the heart. Beer abuse causes blood vessels to become flaccid, unable to contract and lose elasticity. And then the heart does not receive enough blood flow, it becomes covered with fat, the walls thicken and a heart attack is not far off.
"If I had known where you would fall, I would have put straws in. "
How much do you need to drink to have all these problems? It's different for everyone. Some people drink beer for years, while others only need a few months for the changes in their body to become irreversible. There is only one way to avoid them: stop drinking.
When is it time to think about the consequences?
It's best the first day you plan to try the beer. In general, it is never too late to do this. But there are several points that should seriously alert you.
- You want to drink it first thing in the morning, without waiting for the night.
- You can't live a single day without a bottle of beer.
- You were going to drink a bottle, but you can't stop even after three.
- Little things start to irritate you, an inexplicable fear arises and depression increases.
- Your attention is distracted and you are unable to perform simple tasks.
- You are planning a pregnancy – this applies to both women and men.
This may seem rude, but with such symptoms it is too late to think about the consequences. We already need to do something, take clearly targeted measures to change the situation. And most importantly, stop drinking beer.
How to cure alcohol or beer addiction
If a glass of beer a day has become your constant companion, then this is the first sign that your body is addicted. Chemical reactions have taken effect, inextricable connections have formed in the brain and it's time for you to contact a specialist.
The first step for anyone who can stop drinking alone.
If you decide to try to stop drinking beer on your own, without the involvement of doctors, first try to go alcohol-free for a month. Just 30 days, if you're not an alcoholic, it's not that difficult.
The attraction to a mug or bottle, especially in the early days, will be strong. You'll need to switch your brain to something that replaces your beer. This can be an exciting hobby that will occupy your time and attention, or a job that will completely take away your free time.
Ask your loved ones for support - they probably won't refuse. And most importantly, move away from the environment, avoid those people who are not averse to losing a bottle and who will pull you back with all their might.
You don't always drink beer and just enjoy it, right? Remember what used to make you happy and try to replace beer with other joys.
Did you manage to last 30 days? The next stage is 6 months and then a year. If everything is fine, it means that you were able to independently stop chemical reactions in the brain and recover psychologically.
You can buy a glass of champagne for New Year's or wine for your birthday. But not anymore. If you relapse, it will be much harder to recover again.
A common phrase is, "I can stop drinking whenever I want. "I haven't had a drink in a year (drink)", is the first sign of returning to old habits. Don't start over, remember the first week you gave up alcohol. This can discourage you from wanting to drink.
Step two. Play sports.
If you drank beer not as a sedative to calm down, but to become bolder, then the adrenaline that the sport will bring can easily replace alcohol. Well, maybe it's not that easy. The main thing is not to reach for a cold drink after a run or a punching bag.
Swimming also saves. This charges the body and relaxes it. Furthermore, harmful substances are removed through the skin and water eliminates them. And this is the issue of cleansing the body. Literally any physical activity is suitable for this.
Withdrawal syndrome - time to see a doctor.
Everything is the same with a baby whose parents drank alcohol:
- tremor (not only the hands shake, but the whole body as a whole);
- hallucinations;
- headaches, high blood pressure, vomiting, seizures.
All these symptoms are a reason to see a doctor and you can no longer put it off. This requires immediate treatment. First, it will be medicinal, aimed at removing alcohol and degradation products from the blood, and then psychological. It all depends on the condition of the body.
Often, the drinker's relatives, who cannot force the patient to see a doctor, use various traditional coding methods, go to the grandparents - they helped their neighbor! Don't self-medicate. At a minimum, this can be wasted money, and at a maximum, such a non-standard and unconventional solution can lead to serious illnesses. In some cases (drinking with herbs, adding "miracle" emetics, etc. ) to death.
The stage is psychological.
Psychologists have many techniques that can help you stop drinking. One option is group therapy. This may seem funny and for some it is completely unacceptable, but communicating with people who are quitting drinking, with people who are in the same situation, really helps.
One technique is to try replacing the beer. You can use this option yourself. Restart. Remember the first time you drank beer? What was related to this? Maybe you drank with friends to look cool. But now beer is not cool. It's nice to be healthy and rich now.
If you drink it's because you want to recapture your childhood love or return to your teenage years, then all you need to do is recreate and relive those moments, only now without the beer.
Avoid contact with friends and colleagues who drink. This will give you time to get used to your new healthy lifestyle. And besides, you can easily avoid ridicule, because these "comrades" often accept it "weakly". So why take the risk of succumbing? For those who have stopped drinking, these friends are no longer counselors.
Believe me, these simple psychological techniques can replace beer for you. But it's best to get help from an experienced psychologist who can identify the underlying causes. After all, the problem is not always on the surface. A specialist will help you cope with depression, irritability, cravings for beer and low-alcohol drinks.
What to do if a teenager drinks
Not all parents know whether their children have tried beer or not. Children often try beer in their first company. They still do not understand the full consequences of their actions. For them, this is one of the stages of growth. Most boys imitate their father. Which is? He drinks beer and nothing happens to him.
The effects of beer on the body of teenagers manifest themselves more quickly and strongly. It can be serious hormonal imbalances, as well as all of the above diseases.
If you have a friendly relationship with your son or daughter, talk to him or her. Just don't talk at the moment when the child comes home "under the table". It simply won't do anything.
Talk to him without shouting, calmly, and remember - you don't understand a monologue. Try not to lose your temper and make your child talk. The more your child talks, the easier it will be to talk. This is the only way to change the situation and prevent the development of beer alcoholism.
What to do if contact with the child is lost? Here you definitely need to contact a psychologist-psychotherapist. Not to grandmother for a conspiracy, not to psychics, not to sorcerers - just to an experienced doctor.
If you and your child try to resolve the problem, you will not only prevent the development and strengthening of alcohol dependence. You can also establish contact with a teenager.
Reasons Teenagers Might Drink
Example of parents.This is the first and most important factor. If you suddenly notice something unusual in your teen's behavior, remove all alcohol from the house. If you stop drinking, your child will do it again. So start with yourself. Lead a sober lifestyle. Show them that this is normal, and not a night of watching TV with a bottle of beer and popcorn.
Company.If people are drinking in groups, change the environment. That's right, don't TRY to get your child out of there, but do it. Maybe a sports section, a different social circle, or sometimes just a move to another place will help.
Announcement.It is impossible to protect yourself from this. Beer advertising follows us everywhere - it's a lot of money, which producers will not refuse, despite the laws. In this case, there is only one way out: anti-advertising. Talk to your child, leaving only the moralizing tone for your subordinates. And if you don't know what to do, a psychologist will help you stop drinking.