Friday, June 6, 2008

Drug/Alcohol Abuse

An addicted person is said to be hooked emotionally and psychologically. This person may have a physical dependence, too. If a person have a drug addiction, they have this intense cravings for the drug or a specific drug. You want to use it again and all over again. When a person stops taking it, they may experience unpleasant physical reactions. This is same story for alcoholic person. A person my get hooked into alcohol drinking for such reason that this is the only way to make themselves feel good, same reason for substance abuse. Anxiety.. true indeed that drugs or alcohol may help them forget their problems but this is just for a few moments, the next day they started to do their thing again and this is the start of their dependence on drugs or alcohol.

It is really difficult especially to most people to breaking a drug addiction, but truly, it is not impossible. Support from your doctor, friends especially support from family, and others who have a drug addiction, as well as inpatient or outpatient drug addiction treatment, may help you beat your drug dependence. Drug Treatment Center is one of the most common ways on treating drug addiction. Drug Rehab for example is all over and family must support their relative on this, which is very important. It may include addiction treatment for some drug addiction conditions are difficult to treat. But of course, a person's wellness still depends on his compliance on the regimen that he is into.

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5 comments:

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John said...

Like many people, at the start of the year, I made a resolution to decrease my alcohol intake.

Drink Less in Seven Days by Georgia Foster has really helped me stick to this resolution. Georgia is a clinical hypnotherapist and alongside the written version of the book, there are also 4 "Hypnosis Hub" recordings that readers are encouraged to access to help them with the program.

One of the great things about Drink Less in Seven Days is that Georgia (and I"m going to call her Georgia because she kind of feels like a friend) is totally non-judgemental about how much you drink, why you drink, why you feel you drink too much etc. I feel that this is an area where people carry a lot of shame and negative feelings and to have someone who approaches an emotional issue like this with absolute objectivity is helpful in driving the desired behaviours. She's on your side!

There are two main parts to Drink Less in Seven Days. The first is how your amygdala (the part of your brain that deals with emotions and fear/stress responses) can actually work against your efforts to quit or reduce your drinking. It shows you how to move your decision to drink away from this very instinctive part of your brain to your prefrontal cortex which is the part of your brain that is more concerned with considered decision-making.

I found this part of the book fascinating, particularly the parts where she spoke about silencing your inner critic.

However, it was the second part of the book, where Georgia broke down different personality types. what triggers them to drink and how to circumvent these triggers that I found most useful. (Also fascinating, if like me you love a good theory of behaviour and the ability to proclaim "Yes!!!! That's me!"). Because it makes total sense right? If you drink out of social anxiety (which is me a little bit) your methods to success will likely be different to someone who drinks because everyone around you is (also me a little bit).

The biggest take away for me was starting to understand what triggers my wanting to drink and learning alternative strategies should I decide not to. I think a really important thing about Drink Less in Seven Days is that it is NOT about quitting drinking altogether. It is about cutting down to a level that you are comfortable with, whatever that is for you. And this feels more manageable than quitting altogether.

The cru of this type of book though is does it work?

So here's the real deal. I started this program in January. It's now March and I can count the times I have drunk alcohol on one hand. During this time I have been to pubs, bars and restaurants, entertained at home and been entertained at other people's homes so it's not like I have been hiding myself away. I have been around alcohol and people drinking as much as I ever was.

Will I drink again? Almost definitely. For me, this experiment was never about giving up altogether. And I have far too much fun making cocktails for this to give it up completely! However, I feel that moving forward I will be able to drink in a more mindful considered way.

Thank you to Georgia Foster for a thoroughly fascinating book that does exactly what it says on the cover!

Here's a link to The 7 Days To Drink Less Online Alcohol Reduction Program.

John

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