It’s the end of the day. You decide to relax by drinking beer, ”ajon” or “waragi”. All these drinks contain alcohol.
The alcohol starts making you feel that you have more energy and nothing to worry about. Then the more you drink you start to think less and become tired.
It is for the above reasons that many people drink more alcohol than planned to or set money aside for. Some people drink alcohol despite promising themselves to stop, having health problems from drinking, loved ones complaints about their drinking, inability to keep a job due to their drink and poverty due to their drinking.
If any of the above applies to you or a loved one you are drinking too much alcohol. Too much alcohol is determine by the effect of alcohol consumed. When the effect of alcohol consumed is disorganization of your life in any way such as being unable to work due to a hangover, the alcohol you consumed is too much.
You can reduce the amount of alcohol you or loved ones drink and eventually all together stop.
This is possible but requires help from a medical professionals, the family and the community at large. This is because the problems from drinking too much alcohol are very many and require professional medical knowledge.
One of the problems from drinking too much alcohol is dependence. Alcohol dependence is when you have strong desire to drink, drink alcohol uncontrollably and continue to drink despite how it negatively affects you. On trying to reduce the amount of alcohol consumed or spend an entire day without drinking, one may experience palpitations, shaking, hallucinations, nausea, sweating, irritability, anxiety and difficulty falling asleep.
Other health problems that arise from too much drinking are liver damage, disease of the heart, brain damage and digestive system diseases. Sadly many of the health problems may take you or your loved one’s life.
Drinking too much alcohol is a medical problem and should not been seen as weakness.
Therefore it requires professional medical staff to manage this problem. This problem affects the family and the community, therefore they too should help solve the problem.
Get professional medical help for yourself or loved ones who are drinking too much alcohol.
The most important thing is to maintain that there is treatment but more especially a possibility for cure from drinking too much alcohol. Never stop trying to get this for yourself or loved one.
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Author: Dr. Anne Emojong.
Title: Medical Officer - Clinison Medical Centre.
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