Definition of Alcoholism
Alcoholism is a serious addiction to alcohol where a person keeps drinking alcohol almost all times.
Consequences of Alcoholism
Many social crimes are connected to losing consciousness due to excessive consumption of alcohol. Alcohol is absorbed in the bloodstream and then travels to every part of the body, badly affecting the brain and liver.
Symptoms of Alcoholism
Alcoholics keep drinking alcohol at any point of day or night and can be seen with a puffy face with red eyes, a hoarse voice and a rapid pulse. They are suspicious, frustrated, angered, over- emotional, vomiting, delirium, impaired judgement and disturbed sleep are some of the other symptoms.
Causes of Alcoholism
Alcoholism results due to over drinking. Sometimes due to psychological, emotional or financial problems leads to heavy consumption of alcohol. Addiction to frequent drinking is the way of dealing with such psychological and mental disturbances.
Treatment of Alcoholism
These are few ways to cure alcoholism
- Orange juice: An alcoholic person should be given orange juice every two hours from morning to evening. Oranges help to relieve the craving and are best substitute drink for alcohol.
- Apples: Fresh Apples are considered valuable in the treatment of alcoholism as it removes intoxication and reduces the craving for wine and other intoxicating liquors.
- Celery Juice: Juice extracted from the raw celery is also considered very helpful. It has a sobering effect and is an antidote to alcohol.
- Yogic Asans: Yogic Asans such as padmasan, vajrasan, vakrasan, paschimotanasan, yogamudra, bhuajangasan, halasan and shalabhasana and yogic kriyas like jalneti, kunjal and simple Pranayamas like kapalbhati , anuloma-viloma, shitali and sitkari helps to control the cravings and improvised health.
Ten commandments to prevent alcoholism naturally by Dr William B. Terhune
- never drink when you ‘need one’
- sip slowly
- space your drinks, taking a second drink 30 minutes after
- the first and a third an hour after the second
- dilute your alcohol
- keep an accurate and truthful record of the amount and
- number of drinks you take
- never conceal the amount of alcohol you drink
- do not drink on an empty stomach
- stop drinking on ‘lunch, dinner, fatigue, sex stimulation, boredom, frustration & bedtime. Make it a rule never to take a drink to escape discomfort – either physical or mental & never, never take a drink in the morning thinking it will cure a hangover.