Alcohol Addiction: What is it About?

Alcohol should only be taken in moderation Alcohol itself is only mildly addicting, but can be very dangerous when in the hands of somebody who has an addictive personality.

Drinking alcohol tends to make you loosen up. This change is very welcome for the people who are

* Have a great amount oif stress or are unable to handle stress

* Usually laidback or sad

* Afflicted by anxiety

Alcohol, in short, is not itself the issue. Over dinner with friends, it is okay to have a social drink… but only if it's not a problem for you. Sadly though, alcohol addiction is so much common and has many forms Although not all forms of alcohol addiction cause damage to your life, they are still unhealthy and unnecessary.

Recognizing the Different Forms of Alcoholism

The most obvious form of alcoholism is apparent when you, or somebody you know, has completely hit rock bottom.

When it has reached this level of severity, you will have already caused a sufficient amount of damage to your body, your relationships, and your life in general. You may have lost your jobl, all your good friends and even experienced brain damage

You can seek help even at this point. But you don't have to hit rock bottom before you recognize alcohol addiction. As mentioned earlier, addiction takes many forms… but it always heads in the same direction-rock bottom.

Habitual Drinking (Cocktail Hour Alcoholism)

At first, habitual alcohol addiction is the most difficult to identify. This is when an individual has a drink, out of habit (Perhaps a drink or two before dinner… every single day…).

While this may appear healthy, it isn't. Drinking out of habit leads to alcohol dependency. The worst case of habitual drinking is when an individual needs a drink to unwind, such as a drink after a stressful day at work.In this format of alcohol addiction, somebody may still perform in society and it may not be noticeable that there's a difficulty. However, if this dependent conduct carries on… he or she will end up dependent on alcohol physically, as well as emotionally and psychologically.

Binge Drinking or Weekend Alcoholism

Binge drinking is a more dangerous form of alcoholism that should be nipped in the bud as soon as possible. This is the case of someone who can go months at a time without drinking… and isn't psychologically or physically dependent on alcohol. This is somebody who can also perform just fine, keep a job, but may still have relationship issues in connection with their drinking.

When somebody shows "weekend alcoholism," this indicates that if they do drink… they show no limit. This is referred to as "weekend alcoholism" since it's common for somebody to cut loose at the end of the week and party… but it isn't okay to drink too much alcohol.

Alcohol overdose can be deadly in the worst case, but even when it doesn't go that far somebody will still be causing problems to his / her health. An individual who binges on alcohol will act recklessly, sometimes violently, and will continually impair their judgment thereby creating a harmful situation for themselves and others.

It doesn't take an all-day, every day routine for you to struggle from alcohol addiction You don't have the right to drink if you can't drink responsibly!