We summarized some common manifestations of drinking patterns: 1. Regard drinking as the most important or very important thing in life, occupy a central position in our hearts, and never forget it. 2. The amount of drinking increased gradually compared with the initial drinking. 3. The speed of drinking is increasing. 4. Often drinking alone or secretly behind your family's back. 5. Use wine as medicine to relieve emotional distress. 6. Possession of alcohol. 7. Often forgetting after drinking. 8. Unplanned drinking often leads to accidents after drinking. 9. Drinking alcohol in the morning, commonly known as "open-eyed wine", some people even drink alcohol after waking up at night. 1. Drink alcohol before going to bed. 11. Like to drink on an empty stomach, don't eat staple food and seldom eat vegetables when drinking. 12. Choose the brand of wine when circumstances permit. 13. Arguing with family members because of drinking affects family harmony, or drinking affects work. 14. I once gave up drinking, but it didn't take long and my old illness recurred, which was out of control. Generally speaking, if a person's drinking behavior has more than three of the above performances, it is highly suspected of alcohol dependence. It is often seen that some people with alcohol dependence have brought many adverse effects on their health, family harmony and work because of drinking, and even have some illegal behaviors after drinking. Although they feel guilty and regret for these consequences, they still can't completely stop drinking, give up drinking and drink again and again. Is it that they have no ambition or perseverance? No, this is because alcohol dependence is a disease, and it is also a worsening disease. This disease, like diabetes, hypertension and other diseases, cannot be completely eradicated. But it can be contained. The reason for drinking again is related to the body's sensitivity to alcohol, and the psychological compulsion to drink. No matter what adverse consequences drinking again will bring, it can't be overcome by one's own perseverance. Like other diseases, there will be some characteristic clinical manifestations. Once you become dependent on alcohol, there will be many physical discomfort symptoms when you suddenly stop drinking or suddenly reduce your alcohol consumption, which is called alcohol withdrawal syndrome. For convenience, some people divide the alcohol withdrawal syndrome into three stages according to the time and severity: the first stage of alcohol withdrawal syndrome: it usually appears 6-12 hours after drinking, showing tremors in both hands. In severe cases, it can accumulate the whole upper limbs on both sides, even the trunk. In severe cases, it can also appear tongue tremors, in addition to common symptoms such as anorexia, insomnia and irritability. Second-stage alcohol withdrawal syndrome: it occurs 24 ~ 72 hours after alcohol withdrawal. Besides the above symptoms, auditory hallucinations often occur, and the content is often abusive or persecutive, which can lead to impulsive behavior, and the excitement is relatively light. Three-stage alcohol withdrawal syndrome: delirium tremens, which often occurs 72 hours after the last drinking. At this time, the patient is unconscious, with obvious tremor and unstable walking, and various vivid hallucinations may appear, such as seeing various small animals, and the patient shows nervousness, anxiety and fear. The memory of patients is obviously impaired, and some patients may have epileptic convulsions. Even in developed countries, once delirium tremens occurs, the total mortality rate of those who are treated can still reach 1% ~ 15%, and that of those who are not treated is higher. So long-term drinkers can't suddenly stop drinking. If you are highly suspicious of alcohol dependence, you should go to a specialized hospital for treatment as soon as possible. People who form alcohol dependence can't control their drinking behavior or their drinking quantity, so can they drink normally after abstinence for a period of time? As far as we know, no one has ever been able to drink "normally" or only in social situations just for months or years without drinking. Once a person develops from binge drinking to out-of-control and desperate binge drinking, it is impossible to go back. No one who is addicted to alcohol drinks intentionally to cause trouble, but uncontrolled drinking is bound to bring trouble. Many people who depend on alcohol think that after a period of abstinence, it is no problem to drink a few cans of beer or glasses of light wine. Not many people get drunk after a bottle or two of beer. So I mistakenly think that I can stop drinking only two or three bottles of beer every day. Occasionally, they can indeed do so in a few days or weeks. Then it will be concluded that even drinking will be "comfortable". However, they will drink more and more beer or wine at a time, and before long, they will drink as much as before. Another wrong idea is to replace high alcohol with low alcohol. For alcoholics, alcohol is alcohol, no matter whether it contains martini, whisky and soda, champagne or a small glass of beer, no matter what kind of wine they drink, it will lead to excessive drinking and repeated drinking. Therefore, for alcohol addicts, it is dangerous to try to control drinking "one's own amount of alcohol" or only drink low-concentration alcohol after abstinence for a period of time. But in order to ensure complete abstinence from alcohol, it can only be a teetotaler. How can it be done? In addition to completing the treatment of alcohol withdrawal under the guidance of doctors, we should also receive long-term rehabilitation treatment, including the treatment of related psychological or mental diseases, the treatment of anti-relapse drugs, psychotherapy and joining some self-help rehabilitation organizations. As long as you have the desire to quit drinking and make unremitting efforts, you will succeed.

2. Stay away from the first glass of wine

"If you don't drink the first glass of wine, you won't get drunk." "One cup is too much, but twenty cups are not enough."

when we change from drinking more to drinking, frequent drunkenness seriously interferes with our life and work, so we reduce the number of drinking, or try to control the amount of alcohol to one or two glasses, or switch from high-alcohol to beer or wine, so as not to get too drunk. Maybe we can stay sober for a period of time, and then meet the opportunity (some special celebrations, personal confusion or nothing special at all), and we will start drinking again. At first, we want to drink only one glass. Since one glass of wine has not caused any serious consequences, we think it is safe to drink another. But it turns out that it's just a trap-when we drink two or three glasses, we feel good, and then we feel that it won't be a problem to drink one or two glasses with our capacity. As a result, we couldn't help drinking too much and returned to the original state of drunkenness.

Doctors who specialize in alcohol dependence tell us that it is the first glass of wine that triggers the potential desire to drink, and then makes us out of control. This repeated experience leads us to the conclusion that it is impossible to try to control the drinking plan without getting drunk, and avoiding the key glass of wine-"never misbehave the first glass" can keep us awake for a long time.

Alcohol dependence is an addiction to alcohol. As a soft drug, alcohol is just like any other addictive substance. If we want to stay in a state of recovery, we have to stay away from the anesthetic that caused our addiction in the first dose.

3. Use the "24-hour" plan

On the days of heavy drinking, we often solemnly swear "Never drink again" when we are very uncomfortable. "I vowed not to drink for a year. ",said from the heart, we really don't want to get drunk again. Of course, some people will have reservations: saying that this oath is only for "spirits", not beer. In fact, beer and wine can also make us drunk, but we need to drink more to achieve the same effect as white wine. We are as hurt by drinking beer and wine as we are by drinking spirits.

However, after a while, the vows and painful memories will be forgotten. We started drinking again at some point. Our "forever" can never last.

Of course, some of them did keep their promises and quit for a long time, two months, six months, or a year. Until the time came, we felt that we should be able to drink freely and in control ... We resumed drinking, and soon fell into the original trouble with new guilt and regret.

Alcohol dependence is a permanent and irreversible disease. Our experience tells us not to make a long-term vow to stay awake. A more practical and effective way to put it is: "I just don't drink today."

maybe we drank yesterday, but we can decide not to drink today. No matter what temptation and anger we encounter, we try our best to avoid drinking the first glass of wine today.

If the desire to drink alcohol is too strong, then divide the 24 hours into smaller units-at least one hour-and we can tolerate the discomfort caused by this temporary cessation of drinking, then one more hour! Another hour! Go on. If we succeed today, we have reason to believe that we can do it tomorrow.

the "24-hour" plan is very arbitrary. We can start over at any time, no matter where we are. At home, at work, in the hospital ward, at 4: in the afternoon or at 3: in the morning, we can decide not to touch alcohol for the next 24 hours or 5 minutes at any time.

We are just trying to live today (now), just to stay awake-it really works. Once this way of thinking has become a part of our thinking, we find that a 24-hour life is equally effective and satisfactory for dealing with other things.

4. Take action

The more we want to stay away from alcohol, the more we want to drink. Therefore, it is not enough to simply stay away from alcohol (or not to think about drinking).

once you stop drinking, how do you spend the spare time? Most of us have formal work to do, but there is still a lot of free time to kill. Therefore, we must cultivate new hobbies and arrange colorful activities to fill these hours, and at the same time find an appropriate outlet for the energy that was once addicted to alcohol.

there are many things that can be done that are suitable for us and meaningful.

1. At the beginning of abstinence, you can take a walk or a brisk walk. Especially to new places you have never been. Go for a leisurely stroll in the park or country road, but it's not a tiring March.

2. read. Although some of us can't settle down to reading, we should really read some books, so as to broaden our horizons, increase our life experience and concentrate more.

3. Visit museums or galleries, and some people choose photography.

4. Swimming, running, cycling, yoga or other exercises recommended by the doctor.

5. Start to deal with household chores that have been neglected for a long time. Tidy up the wardrobe, dresser, file documents in different categories, or deal with things that we have put off for a long time. But when we do these things, we should not be greedy and do what we can. Don't clean the whole kitchen or all the documents at once, but clean one drawer or one file folder at a time and do other work another day.

6. Try to cultivate new hobbies. Choose activities that are not too expensive or demanding, that are purely recreational, refreshing and refreshing without competition pressure. For example, singing, writing, tropical fish, carpentry, basketball, cooking, bird watching, amateur performances, wood carving, gardening, guitar, movies, dance, stone carving, potted plants, collection and so on. Many people find that the activity they really like now is actually a hobby that they never considered trying in the past.

7. regain the fun of the past. A watercolor painting, table tennis or go, reading notes, etc. that you haven't polished for many years, continue these hobbies. But if you feel that it is no longer suitable for you, just give it up.

8. Go to class. Learn Japanese or English? Love history or math? Want to know about archaeology or anthropology? Or cooking, computer operation, then go to correspondence courses, TV universities or adult education (just for interest, not necessarily a credit certificate). There are many places where you can take classes only once a week. Why not try it? Taking classes can not only broaden your horizons, but also broaden your life. In case you are tired of the content of the class, don't hesitate to quit immediately Learn to give up activities that are not beneficial to ourselves or have no positive, positive and healthy significance, so that we can summon up the courage to face it again and have the opportunity to appreciate a new aspect of life besides drinking.

9. volunteer to do some useful services. Many hospitals, children's service agencies and social welfare organizations are in great need of volunteers to provide various services. We can have many choices. When we can contribute to others, even if it is only a trivial service, we will feel particularly useful. Even when we talk about the process of participating in these activities and related information, we will feel very interested and particularly engaged.

1. dress yourself up. Most of us know that there are many ways to get a new haircut, wear a new dress, change a pair of glasses, or even update our teeth, which will have unexpected and pleasant effects.

11. Relax and play! Not everything we do in our daily life must be aggressive and innovative. We also need to do some activities purely for interest, such as kites, zoos, comedy movies, soul music, detective stories and so on. If you don't like them, find other fun activities that have nothing to do with drinking, just to reward yourself.

5. Change old habits

In the process of drinking, we have fixed time periods, familiar places and habitual activities. Especially when we are tired, hungry, lonely, angry or particularly happy, these seemingly ordinary and repeated scenes are dangerous traps for our sober life.

when we first started to give up drinking, it is very helpful to look back on our past drinking habits to find ways to overcome alcohol addiction. The place where we are often used to buying wine may be a supermarket we pass through at work, and each of us always has our favorite drinking place. Whether it's drinking with friends or habitual drinking at a fixed time every day, we can find out when and on what days we are used to drinking from the past drinking trajectory.

We can adjust all the details of life related to drinking.

6. Use sweets or drinks

Try not to let yourself be hungry-when you are hungry, the urge to drink is even stronger. At this time, eating sweets or snacks and nutritious foods seems to reduce our thirst for alcohol. Because sweetness can inhibit the impulse to drink, the eating process itself will bring a series of new body movements: chewing and swallowing when drinking drinks, milk, biscuits and fruits, etc., which is also very helpful to change the old habits when drinking.

When some alcoholics hear the suggestion of eating more instead of drinking, they may be worried about whether they will get fatter after eating more. In fact, after replacing the calorie supply of alcohol with a healthy and balanced diet, some overweight people have removed excess fat and lost weight. Of course, some people may get fat, but it can be controlled-after all, it is much easier to lose weight than to give up drinking.

According to the conclusion of current medical research, eating more foods rich in vitamin B can make up for the vitamin deficiency caused by our long-term alcoholism, and it is also helpful to reduce alcohol addiction, so it is meaningful to supplement multivitamins, especially vitamin B, every day.

so the next time we face the urge to drink, we might as well have some sweets or drinks. At least you can put off the idea of wanting to drink for an hour or two.

Get rid of old ideas

Some deep-rooted ideas accumulated from our life during the past drinking period, even after we stopped drinking, can't disappear like magic.

Although we are far away from the days when we were drunk and dreamy, the disease of alcohol addiction still lingers. Therefore, we have found that if we can try to get rid of many old ideas that began to sprout again, it will help us to recover.

And these old ideas do happen again and again. What we are trying to achieve.