Here is 5 alcoholism stages, first happen when you start drinking more than 1.5 ounces of whisky/vodka per day. (for women it 0.75 ounces of hard alcohol per day). If you drinking more than this amount at least for few days, you have alcohol abuse trouble. If after drinking alcohol you have “loss memory” syndrome (i not remember what i do after got drinken) – it already alcoholism.

If you got into legal troubles related alcohol consumption, continued drinking because troubles in your family or relationship troubles, it also begin of alcoholism.

I will review here all stages of alcoholism :

Stage 1. You start drinking not as socialization factor. Your body start develop tolerance to alcohol and you need drink more to get same effect as before. You getting alcohol withdrawal symptoms, next day it hard to start work.

Stage 2. You talking yourself, i will stop after 2nd alcohol drink, but it not happen. You drink more and more and cannot stop. Your alcohol withdrawal time can take up to one full day. Troubles with hearts and liver.

Stage 3. “Lost of control” and “I not remember what i do yesterday after drinking” things start happens with you. At this time usually relationship, work and money troubles start happens. Heart strokes and troubles with liver go next level. 1+ days need to recover from alcohol withdrawal symptoms

Stage 4. You starting lost control often. Big relationship and work troubles. Begin of brain and hands tremor, which indicate nervous disease develops. Serious liver damage.

Stage 5. Brain and Hands tremor combined with hallucination, next is Delirium Tremens or fetal alcohol syndrome. Next stage is death of drinker.

So it very important to get professional help to break this alcohol addiction and repair your life. When you on stage 1-3 you can do it easily, at stage 4 it much more harder to do. So not wait until end, get a professional treatment at alcohol rehab centers , these specialists detox your body, will try to solve your mental/depression troubles and will show you how better to live without drinking. Sorry to say you, but it near not possibly to treat alcohol addiction at home, you can remove withdrawal syndromes but root of trouble will exist.

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