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How to start treating alcoholism?
Starting with an awareness of the problem. A person suffering from this disease needs to recognize the fact of having an addiction and agree that they need professional help. No promises to yourself or your loved ones, folk remedies or dubious specialists will help in this case. We need an experienced narcologist and a well-thought-out, individually tailored therapy scheme.
The very first thing to do is to realize that alcoholism is a disease, not a whim of a person. This means that asking him not to drink or to drink less is simply useless, and you will have to take some measures. You need to start with the fact that an alcoholic recognizes himself as an alcoholic — without this, any treatment is doomed to failure. You can try to talk on your own, or you can make an appointment with a doctor — this is preferable, but also more difficult, since a person who has not realized the problem and does not seek to solve it and go to the doctors.
Once a loved one is aware of the problem, you need to take action. They can be very diverse, but all are aimed at one result — sobriety. An alcoholic should understand that drinking a little and on holidays will no longer work — you will have to give up alcohol completely.
The next step is to choose a method. To calm your conscience, you can believe several times if a person says that he will quit on his own: after that, it will be easier to persuade him to go to medical treatment. In addition, although rare, there are cases of self-refusal of alcohol after realizing the problem. There are many methods: various encodings, inpatient treatment, AA groups, and others.
First of all, you need to contact a competent specialist-a psychiatrist-narcologist, based on medical ethics and knowledge of the problem, I advise you not to go to fortune tellers and so on.
There are many standard treatment programs for such patients, of course, with mandatory hospitalization in a medical institution.
Don't worry, this problem is more than common, so there is almost always a cure.
First of all, it is necessary to overcome stereotypes and myths that obscure the essence of the issue. The modern theory of addiction formation has greatly changed the view on the causes of its occurrence.
If you understand the reasons, you will minimally understand why this continues, why the addiction does not go away.
This video clearly states what you should pay attention to.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnABOOo20xo
Next, you form a relationship with a person who has difficulties, based on a sincere desire to help. When a person feels a change in their relationship, they can become a little more open and not be afraid to touch on a painful topic.
Detoxification, psychotherapy, socialization, and other methods follow the first step.
Love will overcome everything.
Here you need to know if your loved one wants it himself. If so, then go to a therapist to look for the root cause of this addiction and treat it. If not, there's nothing you can do about it. Although there are such things as “coding” and medications, after taking which even if you drink alcohol, then you will pray for a long time so that you do not die, it becomes so bad.