Alcoholism is a disease, a worsening disease, which cannot be cured, but can be contained. The cause of this disease is due to the sensitivity of the body to alcohol and the psychological impulse to drink. No matter what kind of adverse consequences this psychological effect will bring, it cannot be overcome by one's own will alone.

Many alcoholics who can't give up drinking will blame themselves for their weak moral values, or think it's because of their unbalanced mentality. But AA's view is that alcoholism is not morally wrong, because it is a disease. At this stage, subjective will is useless, because alcoholics have lost the ability to choose freely in the face of alcohol. It is important to face up to the reality of illness, in addition, we must have the desire to recover. Experience shows that AA's plan will be effective for all alcoholics who really want to quit smoking and practice hard. For those who don't really want to give up drinking, this plan can do nothing.

2. How to judge whether you are really an alcoholic?

Only you can judge this question. Many people who joined AA have heard that he is not an alcoholic. If you want to quit drinking, you just need more perseverance, a change of environment, more rest, or more hobbies. But these people finally joined the mutual abstinence association, because deep down, they felt that they had been conquered by alcohol and were ready to get rid of their irresistible desire to drink at any cost.

There is a saying circulating in the mutual abstinence association: it is impossible to get a little addicted to alcohol. A person is either an alcoholic or not. Only people who drink know whether they have reached the point where drinking is out of control.

Self-rated alcohol dependence

If you really want to quit drinking but find that you can't completely quit; In other words, if you can't control the amount when drinking, you will always be drunk; Or, you don't like the taste of alcohol, and you drink too much to pursue the feeling of drunkenness and drifting caused by alcohol. Then you may have alcohol dependence.

Alcohol dependence is not necessarily drinking every day.

Mild dependence:

1) The cumulative consumption of liquor per day is less than 250ml or less than 4 bottles of beer.

2) The official drinking history is within 4 years, and the aggravating history is within 1 year.

3) The frequency of daily drinking increases and the amount of drinking increases.

4) Emotional excitement, irritability, behavior out of control, fighting, picking fights, throwing things, etc.

5) Increased tolerance to alcohol.

6) Arguing with family because of drinking.

7) Delaying normal work because of drinking.

8) Every time I drink it, I feel uncomfortable, regret, blame myself and feel depressed. It doesn't matter.

9) Sometimes you don't need to drink it at ordinary times, but once you do, you can drink it in large doses for a few days until your body can't stand it, and then drink it every half month, January or longer.

Second, moderate dependence:

1) The cumulative daily drinking amount is 250ml.

2) The official drinking history is between 4 and 8 years, and the aggravating history is between 1-2 years.

3) Drinking is out of control, and the number of drinking alone increases.

4) Drinking every day has become the most important thing in life.

5) Stealing wine.

6) Once you don't drink, you will feel unwell, flustered, flustered, sweaty and restless, and the symptoms will be alleviated after drinking.

7) The body is thin, and there are reactions such as gastrointestinal discomfort.

8) Work and family life are greatly influenced by drinking.

9) I have a desire to give up drinking, but I can't quit.

10) Sometimes you don't need to drink it at ordinary times, but once you drink it, you can drink it in large doses for several days until your body can't stand it, and then drink it at intervals of half a month, one month or more.

Triple dependence:

1) The cumulative consumption of liquor per day is >: 500ml. Or more than 8 bottles of light beer.

2) Official drinking history of more than 8 years, aggravated by more than 2 years.

3) Get up every morning and drink on an empty stomach.

4) drink every day, get drunk every time you drink, don't eat after drinking, and feel weak.

5) Hand shaking and sweating, insomnia, diagonal or S-shaped.

6) Compulsory abstinence is invalid or many hospitalizations are caused by drinking.

7) Gastrorrhagia, hypertension, cerebellar atrophy, fatty liver, alcoholic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, femoral head necrosis and other complications due to drinking.

8) There have been personality changes, paranoia, temper changes, no sense of responsibility for the family, and indifference to the family (wife and children).

9) Losing interest in everything, refusing to associate with people and drinking are the most important things in life. .

10) memory loss, tinnitus and hypertension.

1 1) has mental disorders such as hallucinations, auditory hallucinations and hallucinations.

12) Sometimes you don't have to drink it at ordinary times, but once you drink it, you can drink it in large doses for several days until your body can't stand it, and then drink it at intervals of half a month, one month or more.

13) because of long-term heavy drinking, mental disorders such as depression, anxiety and mania have appeared.

14) alcohol withdrawal syndrome is obvious: once you don't drink alcohol, you will have vomiting, convulsions, tremors (hands, face, tongue), delirium, epilepsy and other symptoms. It will ease after drinking.

3. Can an alcoholic drink normally again?

After a period of abstinence, alcoholics will find it okay to drink a few cans of beer or a few glasses of light wine. However, this will lead him astray and develop into a drink that must be drunk at every meal. Before long, the drunkard will binge drinking again and relapse. If you are an alcoholic, you have only two ways to go: either make your drinking problem more and more serious and bear all kinds of disasters caused by it; Either give up drinking completely, keep a clear head and live in a new and meaningful way.