Alcoholism: Do you know the signs?

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Shaking -

Another common symptom of someone who has been misusing alcohol is that their hands will shake.

 

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Withdrawals -

Other common symptoms someone who has been misusing alcohol experiences is discomfort, anxiety, sweating, shortness of breath, and cravings.

 

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Coordination -

Someone who has been drinking in excess for a long period of time can experience long-term problems with coordination.

 

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Slurred speech -

Slurred speech doesn't only happen when long-term misusers of alcohol are drunk or drinking–it can carry on into their normal life too.

 

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Memory -

People who misuse alcohol are slowly damaging their brain, and so their short-term memory becomes impaired in the long run.

 

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Becoming secretive -

People who misuse alcohol tend to become secretive to hide their addiction.

 

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Self-loathing -

This is commonplace with people who are stuck in a cycle of misusing alcohol. Alcohol use makes them behave in ways that they don't intend to, and the self-loathing comes from not being able to stop.

 

[blackmondy]

I can never understand why people spend money to ruin their health deliberately.

 

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I can never understand why people spend money to ruin their health deliberately.

Addictions are difficult to understand.

 

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Mood swings -

People who misuse alcohol are normally the people who get a tremendous high from it, which comes with lows. The constant state of either being under the influence of alcohol or in withdrawal appears as mood swings.

 

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Isolation -

Misusing alcohol may begin as a very social activity, like binging on alcohol at a nightclub, but it becomes isolating. People's behavior while drinking too much drives family and friends away.

 

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Chronic alcohol misuse -

Everyone knows the symptoms of chronic alcohol misuse. These include physical symptoms like liver failure and social ones like homelessness.

 

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Why people misuse alcohol: escaping reality -

Adult life, and indeed life at all ages, is tough. We experience and carry trauma with us. Many people slide into misusing alcohol to escape reality.

 

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According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, in 2012 around 7.2% of people in the US were suffering from alcoholism. There are around twice as many men who suffer from it than there are women. However, there are no two cases of alcohol abuse that are the same. One person may drink just as much as a problem drinker and it may pose no issues to their lives or relationships. So, do you know the signs of alcoholism?


The DSM-5 ('The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition'), published by the American Psychiatric Association, points out key symptoms. There are also many others that aren't included but are widely considered to be symptoms.

Being muud is a sign of alcoholism. Being a keling also.

 

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Why people misuse alcohol: experimenting -

Experimenting with alcohol is one of the easiest ways to get into the habit of misusing it or relying on it socially.

 

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Why people misuse alcohol: social pressure -

A lot of the ways in which we socialize in the Western world are built around alcohol, so there is a lot of pressure to get involved and to even binge drink in some cases.

 

[JohnTan]

A lot of the ways in which we socialize in the Western world are built around alcohol, so there is a lot of pressure to get involved and to even binge drink in some cases.

Asiatics socializing and getting drunk the asiatic way.