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1, alcohol dependence syndrome is a special psychological and physiological state caused by repeated drinking. Patients have a thirst for alcohol and an impulse to drink continuously or intermittently. If they stop drinking, they will have psychological and life withdrawal symptoms. The syndrome has the following clinical features:
(1) The desire for drinking water is uncontrollable;
② Fixed drinking mode, patients must drink alcohol at a fixed time no matter where they are, so as to avoid or alleviate withdrawal symptoms;
③ Drinking becomes the center of all activities, which obviously affects work, family life and social activities;
(4) With the increasing tolerance, patients need to drink more alcohol to achieve the initial effect of drinking or prevent the occurrence of physiological withdrawal symptoms;
⑤ Withdrawal syndrome occurs repeatedly. If the patient reduces the amount of alcohol consumed or prolongs the interval between drinks, the alcohol concentration in the body will decrease and withdrawal syndrome will appear. The most common symptoms are tremor of hands, feet, limbs and trunk, ataxia, impatience, and easy to be frightened; Hyperhidrosis and nausea and vomiting can also be seen.
2, tremor delirium, patients suddenly reduce the amount of drinking or stop drinking after long-term drinking can quickly produce a short-term disturbance of consciousness. During the attack, the patient is unconscious, has obstacles in time and place, and has vivid hallucinations and delusions of murder; So show extreme fear or impulsive behavior. At the same time, the patient's limbs are trembling and ataxia, often accompanied by fever, sweating, tachycardia, elevated blood pressure and dilated pupils. Severe cases can be life-threatening. The duration of delirium tremens varies from 3 days to 5 days. After recovery, the patient partially or completely forgot his illness.
3. Toxic hallucinations in wine are hallucinations caused by long-term drinking. After the patient suddenly reduced or stopped drinking, a large number of vivid hallucinations appeared within 1 ~ 2 days, mainly hallucinations. Common primitive hallucinations and critical and imperative hallucinations. On the basis of hallucinations, there may be fragmentary delusions and corresponding nervousness, fear or depression. At the time of onset, the patient's conscious state was clear, and there were no obvious symptoms of psychomotor excitement and vegetative hyperfunction.
4, alcohol poisoning paranoia, patients in the case of clear consciousness appear jealousy delusion and delusion of being killed, the former is more common in clinic. Patients have no reason to suspect that their spouses are unfaithful, which often leads to furious reactions, attacks on suspected objects or spouses, and sometimes leads to the consequences of murder. It used to be called toxic jealousy in wine.
5, alcoholic encephalopathy This is the most serious mental state of chronic alcoholism, which is the result of organic brain damage caused by long-term heavy drinking. The main clinical manifestations are delirium, hypomnesia, dementia and personality changes, and most patients can not completely return to normal.
The above mainly introduces the main manifestations of mental disorders caused by chronic alcoholism. The mental disorder caused by alcohol will do great harm to patients' spirit and body, and also bring a certain burden to family and society. Therefore, once symptoms appear, measures should be taken immediately. If the symptoms are serious, you should go to the hospital for professional treatment.
Stay away from the first glass of wine
In A.A., we often hear such words: "If you don't drink the first glass of wine, don't drink it."
Will get drunk. "One cup is too much, but twenty cups are not enough. "
Many of us never thought about or really exceeded one or two glasses when drinking for the first time. But with
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As time goes on, we drink more and more. Later, we drank too much and someone attacked us.
Frequent or even persistent drunkenness. Although the state of drunkenness is not always manifested in words and deeds, it is still a fact.
By this time, we can't really wake up.
If this situation has seriously disturbed our lives, we will reduce drinking or try.
Limit your drinking to one or two glasses, or switch from high-alcohol drinks to beer or wine. At least, we
I began to try to control my drinking so that I wouldn't get too drunk. Or, let's try
Hide how much wine we drank. Occasionally, we can even give up drinking and get one.
I haven't drunk for a while. But all these measures are becoming more and more difficult.
Then we'll start drinking, just one drink. Because one drink didn't cause any serious consequences.
We think it is safe to have another drink. Maybe we only had one drink that time.
Two cups. We felt relieved and found that we could stop after a drink or two.
Some of us have repeated this experiment many times.
But it turns out that this is just a trap-it makes us think that drinking is safe, and then
We will meet opportunities (some special celebrations, changes in personal life or nothing special at all)
After two or three drinks, we feel good, and then we Thing that one or two more drinks won't do any harm.
Yao's problem. As a result, we got drunk again and didn't mean to drink too much. We're back to square one.
A state of drunkenness.
This repeated experience forces us to come to the only reasonable conclusion: only not drinking is the first.
Cup, you will never get drunk. So instead of planning how not to get drunk or trying to control the amount of alcohol, pour a bar.
It is better to concentrate on avoiding the key glass of wine-the first glass of wine. In other words, as long as you don't touch it.
After the first drink, you don't have to worry about whether you can control your drinking or get drunk.
This sounds a bit silly and unacceptable. Before I came to AA, I
We really didn't find it ourselves (of course, to be honest, we never really wanted to give up drinking completely until.
We know what alcohol dependence is, but it is important that we now know that it is really feasible.
Method.
Instead of calculating how many bottles we can drink (4 bottles? Six bottles? 12 bottles? ), remember
"Only the first cup" is much easier. This way of thinking has helped hundreds of thousands of people.
Stay awake for years.
Doctors who specialize in alcohol dependence tell us that it is reliable to avoid the first glass of wine.
Medical explanation. It was the first glass of wine that triggered the potential desire to drink. Immediately or after a while,
The strong desire to drink prompted me to drink more and more ... until the numbness caused by drinking happened again.
Angry. Many of us are beginning to believe that alcoholism is an alcohol addiction. wine
Essence, like any other addictive substance, must stay away from it if we want to maintain a state of recovery.
Our first cup of addiction. As you read in "The Big Book" and our grape magazine.
As we heard when sharing experiences at various A.A. member gatherings, our experience just proves this point.
Understand this.
Use the "24-hour" plan
In our drinking days, we often swear when we are very uncomfortable, "Never again!"
Don't drink. "We vowed not to drink for a year, or told others not to drink for three weeks or three months.
Touch that thing. Of course, we have really tried many times.
When we gritted our teeth and announced our decision, we were serious. From the heart
Say, we really don't want to get drunk again. We have made up our minds. We vowed to give up drinking completely and put
No more alcohol.
However, apart from wishes, the results are always consistent without doubt. Finally, vows and pain
Memories will be forgotten. We started drinking again, and we were troubled by more troubles.
Our forever will never last.
Some people have reservations when they take this oath: we tell ourselves that this oath is just.
It's liquor, not beer. We need to understand this-beer and Portugal.
Wine can also make us drunk, but we only need to drink more to achieve the same effect as spirits. I
Children who drink beer and wine are hurt as much as we used to drink spirits.
Yes, some of us did keep our promises and quit for a long time until the time was up.
..... We drank again, and soon fell into the original troubles, and at the same time had new guilt and regret.
Hate
Because of this experience of repeated struggle, in AA, we try not to say "never give up".
Wine "and" swear to give up drinking ". They remind us of past failures.
We realize that alcohol dependence is a permanent and irreversible disease, and our experience
We were told not to swear for a long time to stay awake. We find it more realistic.
Say more effectively, "I just don't drink today."
Maybe we drank yesterday, but we can't drink today. We may drink tomorrow, who knows?
Were we still alive then? But we decided not to drink for 24 hours. Whatever happens.
Temptation and anger, we made up our minds to try to avoid drinking the first glass of wine today.
Our friends and family are understandably tired of our vows-"This time.
I said I would come, but I could only see us limping home. So we don't care about them.
Swear to each other, this oath is meaningless. We only promise ourselves, after all,
Our health and life are in danger, and we (not our family or friends) need to take necessary measures.
Take measures to keep yourself in good condition.
If the desire to drink is too strong, many of us will divide 24 hours into smaller hours.
Yuan. We decided not to drink for at least an hour-we can tolerate this temporary pause.
I don't feel well, so wait another hour! Another hour! Go ahead. Many of us are from.
This is how the rehabilitation phase begins. In fact, everyone who recovers from alcoholism comes from
An hour of sobriety began.
This is a simple method, without serving the next glass of wine.
(how about it? Still drinking soda? Are you sure you haven't reached the end of what we mentioned on the first page?
That glass of wine? If you do, this is the beginning of your recovery. )
Maybe you'll have a glass of wine, but now we won't touch it, at least not today, or not now.
Yes What do you say, and then look at the rest of this chapter? )
The "24-hour" plan is very casual. We can start over at any time, it doesn't matter.
Where are we? At home, at work, in a bar or in a hospital ward, at 4:
00 or 3: 00 am, we can decide to start at any time, in the next 24 hours or 5.
Don't touch alcohol for several minutes.
Constantly updating this plan will avoid the weaknesses of "never giving up drinking" and "swearing to give up drinking". while
When the oath of abstinence is fulfilled, we think we have achieved the expected goal, and we feel that we can be self-sufficient again.
By drinking. But "today" is always there. Life is made up of day by day. Today is ours.
Everyone can stop drinking for a day.
At first, we just tried to live today (now), just to stay awake.
Wake up-it really works. Once this way of thinking becomes a part of our thinking, we
It is found that a 24-hour life is equally effective and satisfying for dealing with other things.
take action
Generally speaking, instead of just passively forcing yourself not to do or think about something.
Things, it is easier to turn to actively participate in other activities.
So is abstinence. Just staying away from alcohol (or not wanting to drink) doesn't seem enough. I
The more children want to stay away from alcohol, the more they want to drink, and it is difficult to have any substantial help.
Help! A better way is to keep ourselves busy, no matter what, and concentrate our attention and attention.
Focus on other things that are good for your health.
Many of our members want to know what kind of free time we should have once we stop drinking.
How to send? Once we decide to give up drinking, it is obvious that we don't have to do what we did before.
Can drink carefully, do everything possible to plan and drink, and recover from the influence of drinking.
Come back. So we suddenly have a lot of free time to do nothing, just like a huge
Empty, we must try to fill it.
Most of us have formal jobs to do, however, many of us have given up drinking.
The time left after drinking is definitely going to pass. Therefore, we must cultivate new hobbies and arrange more abundantly.
Color activities, to fill these time, but also used to be addicted to alcohol.
Find a suitable exit.
Those who try to change old habits know that old behaviors are forcibly stopped by the new generation.
And doing nothing, it is easier to achieve the goal.
When we first quit drinking, some people will experience a brief lack of imagination, which is a kind of
A curious and real state.
People are curious because most alcoholics can show it when they drink.
An extremely rich imagination. As long as it is for drinking, we can spend less than a week.
Make up some reasons (excuses) that others will never think of in their lifetime. A: Yes.
Normal people will have a very legitimate reason to drink, but for a person who has no alcohol problem,
Say, whether you drink or not, you never need any high-sounding reasons! )
When we stop drinking, there is no need to find reasons for ourselves to drink, but our brains seem to.
Also stopped, never recovered. Some of us find it difficult to figure it out without drinking.
What to do. Maybe it's because we just changed our drinking habits or suffered from alcohol for a long time.
After that, our thoughts need a rest to return to normal. For whatever reason,
This unresponsiveness will gradually disappear. After a month without sleep, I
Children can feel obvious improvement; After three months, our minds will be clearer; To the first one
In two years, the promotion is even more amazing, and our inspiration seems endless, better than before.
But when we gave up drinking for the first time, we were always in a seemingly exhausted Jiang Lang state.
We often hear some members ask, "What should we do?"
Some of the activities listed below can be used as the beginning of this stage, although it is not like exploration.
That's very exciting, very exciting, but it contains all kinds of activities, which is enough to fill in.
Make up for the free time at the beginning of abstinence. When we don't need to work or be with people who don't drink
When you are together, you can choose to use it, and you are sure that it is very effective-this is what we do:
1. Take a walk-especially to a new place you have never been. Go to the park or country road for leisure.
Walking slowly, but not a tiring March.
2. Reading-But some of us find it difficult to concentrate on reading after the initial abstinence period.
Miscellaneous books
3. Visit museums or art galleries.
4. Exercise-swimming, playing golf, running, yoga or other exercises recommended by the doctor.
Move it.
5. Set out to deal with the housework that has been neglected for a long time-organize the wardrobe, dresser and put files.
Filing in different categories, answering letters, nailing pictures or dealing with things that we have put off for a long time. but
When doing these things, we must pay special attention to moderation. Although it is said that cabinets, attics,
Basement, storage room and parking lot may seem simple, but if we work all day, we will
You will become tired and messy, and you may still not be able to finish it at once. So we are each other.
Will remind each other: don't be greedy, do what you can. Don't clean the whole kitchen or tidy place at once.
There are files, but clean one drawer or folder at a time and do other work another day.
6. Try to cultivate a new hobby-choose something that is not too expensive or demanding and purely entertaining.
Recreation, refreshing, no competitive pressure activities. Many of our candidates
I chose activities I had never thought of before, such as bridge, opera, singing, writing, tropical fish,
Embroidery, crossword puzzles, carpentry, basketball, cooking, bird watching, amateur performance, leather carving, gardening, Kyrgyzstan.
He, movies, dancing, sailing, stone carving, potted plants, collection, etc. Many people find that they are now
What I really like is actually a hobby that I have never considered trying before.
7. relive the fun of the past-some are still hidden in our memories, but they may be forgotten somewhere.
A long-forgotten watercolor painting, a set of embroidery tools, a handmade style that you haven't polished for years.
For some of us, piano, table tennis or go, collected tapes, reading notes and so on. Very important.
Digging up these nostalgic objects again and dusting off the heavy dust on the surface can bring infinite emotion.
And it will make us want to continue these hobbies. But if you think it's no longer suitable for you, give it up.
Give up.
8. Take classes-have you always wanted to learn Japanese or Russian? love history
Or math? Want to know about archaeology or anthropology? Then go to correspondence, TV University or Chengdu.
Personal education (just interest, not necessarily credit certificate). There are also many places where it is only a week.
Why not give it a try if you want to take a one-day course? Many members find that attending classes can not only broaden their horizons.
Vision can broaden the field of life.
If you are tired of the content of this course, don't hesitate to quit immediately. You have the right to decide to stop.
Anything that does more harm than good. Learning to give up is not good for yourself or is not positive, positive or unhealthy.
Only with meaningful activities can we have the courage to face it again and have the opportunity to enjoy drinking.
A new dimension of life.
9. Volunteer to do some useful services-many hospitals, children's service institutions, and teaching.
Social and social welfare organizations are in great need of volunteers to provide various services. We can have many choices.
Choices include reading to the blind, going to church to help post letters and collecting petitions. Just asking.
Hospitals, churches, government agencies or non-governmental organizations can get such information. We found that,
When we can contribute to others, even if it is only a trivial service, we will do it.
I feel particularly useful, even when talking about the process of participating in these activities and related information, we
You will also feel very interested and devoted.
10. Dress yourself-In the past, most of us didn't care about our image. haircut
A new hairstyle, a new dress, a new pair of glasses and even a new tooth will be unexpected and surprising.
A pleasant effect. In the past days, we deliberately decorated our appearance, when we
A few months after waking up, it seems to be another chance to appreciate yourself.
1 1. Relax and play-not everything we do in our daily life is necessary.
We should be proactive, innovative and change, although it is valuable and can improve ourselves.
But many of us realize that it is also very important to maintain a moderate balance. We also need to do something.
Purely for fun activities, such as your favorite hot air balloon, bubble gum, zoo and comedy.
Movies, rock music, detective stories, sunbathing, sledding and so on; If you don't like them, go to them.
It has some fun activities that have nothing to do with drinking, just to reward itself.
12. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, please fill it in yourself.
I hope the activities listed above can inspire you and make you have some different ideas.
Row. If so, very good, enjoy it.
However, it must be noted that some people always go too far and take part in too many activities at once.
We have a good way to help you stop, and that is in chapter 18 of this book.
Take your time.