Although the formation of alcohol addiction is closely related to genes, it is found that the growing problem of alcohol addiction in China is related to social culture. The reason for the increase in alcohol addiction is the toasting culture in which people are rich in economy, easy to buy wine and socialize. Alcohol is readily available, which makes China people less alert to alcohol than drugs, and also because there are a lot of drinking behaviors in our culture, and some people even take pride in their good capacity for drinking. So the problem of alcoholism is a potential crisis in our society. Alcohol is actually a central nervous system inhibitor. Generally, within 40 minutes after drinking, the alcohol in the blood will reach the highest concentration, and gradually inhibit the "inhibitory effect" of the cerebral cortex, making people show an excited state of losing self-control, thus achieving temporary relief of stress and unhappiness. But this is only temporary, so it will repeatedly escape from reality through drinking, so it is almost directly related to the psychological factors that cause alcohol addiction.

Studies have pointed out that moderate drinking is good for health. For example, drinking red wine can prevent cardiovascular diseases and become one of the driving forces for people to drink. Lu Rubin said that alcohol does increase the dilation of blood vessels, but it is metabolized within two to three hours unless it is drunk every three to five hours. However, drinking this way has not yet achieved the effect of protecting the heart and blood vessels, and it has already hurt other organs and tissues. According to the research, more than half of China people lack the enzyme that metabolizes alcohol, that is, drinking alcohol is easy to blush, nausea and vomiting. Society needs to tell that drinking is not a good habit, and not everything starts with drinking as advertised.

Definition of alcohol addiction

When a person becomes dependent on alcohol, he may have become addicted to alcohol. Can be divided into the following four points to define the formation of alcohol addiction:

I feel that the amount of alcohol is getting better and better, and the more I drink, the more I feel.

If you don't drink for a while, you won't be able to work and live.

When your family complains about your drinking behavior.

I feel that I have caused physical discomfort, but I still feel that I should give up drinking.

exceed the standard

Excessive drinking can lead to poisoning. Generally defined as moderate drinking, men are less than two cups a day, women are less than one cup a day, and pregnant women are not allowed to drink alcohol. Of course, you can't drink before driving or on the road.

Addiction process

In the process of alcoholism, drinking in the initial stage is aboveboard, which is no different from the drinking behavior of ordinary people, and family members will not care. Slowly, the patient becomes addicted and drinks every day. Moreover, after drinking, the work performance is poor, the mood is difficult to control, and even some physiological changes may occur, such as poor liver function, shaking hands when not drinking, and mental symptoms. Family members began to stop patients from drinking, and patients began to feel that drinking was unacceptable to their families. As a result, the patient naturally began to drink behind his family's back. In order to "secretly drink", he tried his best to drink. They spend so much time drinking secretly every day, and the motivation to drink is so strong. If they think drinking is not a big problem, how can they be willing to change it? In this behavior of "secretly drinking", his family (especially his spouse) also developed the behavior of looking for wine every day, and there appeared "patients hiding wine and looking for wine with their families" at home.

Addiction phenomenon

Alcohol is harmful to the body, including brain cells, nerves, liver and heart. Studies have also confirmed that drinking alcohol will increase the incidence of oral cancer. Alcohol addiction can cause cirrhosis, which is well known to the public. After liver cirrhosis, it naturally turns into liver cancer. In Taiwan Province Province, hepatitis B virus is rampant, and alcoholism accelerates the formation of cirrhosis. Because it is not easy to give up drinking, it is easy to die of liver failure, and it is often too late to repair the "positive fruit" of liver cancer. Of course, its life span is ten years shorter than that of patients with liver cancer. Because teenagers are immature, the damage caused by alcoholism is more serious, and many people suffer from cirrhosis and even brain atrophy at a young age.

People who are addicted to alcohol will have "withdrawal symptoms" if they don't drink for a while, and there will be symptoms such as gastrointestinal discomfort, vomiting, rapid heartbeat and insomnia. Psychologically, there will be symptoms such as anxiety, auditory hallucinations and delusions. Alcoholics usually seek the help of doctors after they have caused great discomfort to their bodies or feel that they must give up drinking.