Harm to alcohol. Five myths about alcohol dependence.
Harm to alcohol. What are the common misconceptions, because of which many fall into heavy prisoner of alcohol dependence? Is the harm of alcohol really that beer can lead to alcoholism? Is it true that you can become an alcoholic very quickly? Is it true that an alcoholic can become a person who drinks a lot of alcohol and does not get drunk?
Harm to alcohol. Pure fiction and bitter truth.
Alcoholism is a serious disease, which is the strongest harm of alcohol and brings a lot of suffering to the patient and his family. The way from the usual use of alcohol "on holidays" until heavy alcohol dependence a person does not pass in one day. Often we simply can not seriously evaluate what is happening, hiding behind our own ideas about what alcoholism is. Trying to isolate himself from the thought of dependence, and that the harm of alcohol will bypass him, a person prefers to believe more than warnings from doctors and psychologists, and those myths about alcohol that are firmly entrenched in the minds of many of us. Let's figure out what ideas about alcohol - pure fiction, and what - the bitter truth.
Harm to alcohol. Myth first.
The first myth consists of the belief that alcoholics are only those who drink cheap alcoholic drinks and various surrogates - moonshine, alcohol tinctures, etc. Not true!
Your body and mind do not care how much an alcoholic beverage costs. Of course, expensive cognac or whiskey, undoubtedly, has a more pleasant bouquet, and spirits in quality vodka are much better purified. However, this is important only for our liver and taste buds, but not for brain cells. The harm of alcohol in any case, you overtake, because the central nervous system 0.5 liters of brandy brand and the same amount of cheap diluted alcohol will act equally destructively!
Harm to alcohol. Myth of the second.
The second myth consists of the belief that beer is not considered for that alcoholic drink that can lead to alcoholism. Not true!
It is low-alcohol drinks that often become a "launching pad" for the development of alcoholic illness. Insidiousness of beer in its cheapness and accessibility. Advertisers present beer as an innocuous alcoholic beverage for quenching thirst and fun pastime. But each bottle of beer is equivalent to 50-55 grams of vodka. And the harm of alcohol is that few people stop on one bottle. Here and count! The same applies to low-alcohol cocktails and dry wine. By the way, it is with dry wine most often begin their fall into the abyss of alcoholism women.
Harm to alcohol. Myth three.
The third myth consists of the belief that alcoholics are those who are drunk on the streets. Not true!
There is no difference, a person drinks in the nearest public garden or gets drunk in a dashing restaurant. Often alcoholics become very famous people, actors and businessmen. Sometimes very prosperous and well-off people quietly drunk in their fashionable houses or workrooms, justifying themselves that they "do not wallow under the fence." Yes, it is possible that such a drunkard will be taken home by a personal chauffeur, and he will spend the night at home or a decent hotel, and not at the sobering-up station. And the harm of alcohol is that, in fact, it is also dependent on alcohol, like those drunkards that sleep on benches and in thermal collectors.
Harm to alcohol. Myth number four.
The fourth myth consists of the belief that in order to become an alcoholic you need to drink many years in a row. Not true!
The speed of the formation of alcohol dependence and the extent to which the harm of alcohol will affect a person is directly related to four factors:
- social level
- psychological condition
- biological characteristics of the organism
- hereditary predisposition
Someone drinks alcohol because of self-doubt, personal problems and complexes. Someone - because of loneliness, misunderstanding, failures at work. And someone in the body simply does not have enough of a special enzyme and a person turns into an alcoholic at an accelerated rate. This enzyme is called alcohol dehydrogenase and is responsible for the breakdown of alcohol in the body. Pure biology! By the way, women drink faster because of the fact that in their bodies this enzyme is initially less active. However, there are some nationalities (North American Indians, our northern small peoples - Chukchi, Eskimos, Koryaks) in which this enzyme is practically absent. Such people acquire alcohol dependence with lightning speed.
Harm to alcohol. Myth five.
The fifth myth consists of the belief that an alcoholic can not become a person who drinks a lot of alcohol and does not get drunk. Not true!
Most likely, the harm of alcohol has already manifested itself and this man is already one foot in the alcohol quagmire! At the first stage of alcoholism, the body reacts to alcohol quite naturally - a healthy person needs about 150 ml of vodka for easy intoxication. But in the second stage of the disease the body is already trying to adapt to the abundance of alcohol and produces a greater amount of that alcohol dehydrogenase for protection. She does not allow a person to get drunk. Such a hero can volley a glass or a bottle of vodka and at the same time continue the feast for a very long time. However, the harm of alcohol is tricky just because this state of affairs lasts exactly until the moment the disease goes to the third stage. Then it will be enough for him only one glass to instantly get drunk.