Quitting drinking is very difficult, but not impossible. How many cases occur when someone at one point says to himself "Enough! " And stops drinking forever. Often, the proximity of death leads to such a move. For example, when a doctor says: "Either you stop drinking, my dear, or you stop living. " And someone, hoping to survive, rejects alcohol completely. There are thousands of similar cases. There must be people like that among your contacts.
However, an incurable illness is not a prerequisite for stopping drinking. Why wait for a critical situation when you can’t bring yourself to this situation? Bad incentives for an alcoholic? Yes, indeed, it is impossible to escape from this destructive lust by itself, without doing anything. Here you have to want. Yes, not just want, but want unconditionally, to convince yourself that without this step life is impossible (and this is true! ).
Such a situation cannot be explained in words. This can only be understood by someone who has decided to end addiction once and for all. Moreover, this is not only a drinking habit, but also other dangerous addictions - smoking, eating a lot, gambling, etc.
And this takes time. It’s time to realize yourself as a necessary, worthy, real, standing person, and not a drunken rag. Time to think rationally in silence. Time to develop an irresistible desire in yourself - to stop drinking.
Expect help from some kind of magic potion, a foreign book or a witch - to endanger yourself. All of this means, of course, helping, but only on the condition of a person’s unconditional free will to stop drinking. Without making an effort on our part, it is a waste of money, time. Here, only your own will and firm belief in the accuracy of the chosen direction is important.
Have you decided on this important step? You are a real person! Brave, strong! You will succeed!
There are several ways to help get rid of the obsessive desire to drink, but instead to distract from it. Why not use it too?
Ten rules for those who want to stop drinking
- Take a few deep breaths when you feel like drinking. Repeat to yourself, like a mantra: "I stopped drinking. "
- Take a warm bath twice a day. Drink 2 cups of warm tea while in the bathroom.
- Drink 8-10 glasses of water between meals.
- Take a walk after a meal, stay away from drinking company, where the temptation to drink is too great.
- If the urge to drink is unbearable, take a warm bath. On the one hand, drinking in the bathroom is a bit difficult; ), on the other hand, it will calm your nerves.
- Avoid spicy and condensed foods.
- Reduce consumption of fish, chicken, meat, reduce drinking tea, coffee, because uric acid, ammonia in meat, and caffeine in tea and coffee increase the desire to drink.
- Eat as many fruits and vegetables as possible, cut down on sweets, and the urge to drink will disappear more quickly.
- Take complex vitamins, especially B vitamins.
- Always be firm in your desire to stop the habit. No "but", "maybe", etc. Strictly "no" every time a desire or opportunity arises still hasn’t disappointed anyone. And do not be discouraged, even if it is very difficult, do not fall into depression - it will inadvertently lead to the old way of life again. Fight depression - only with a positive attitude!
The effect of diet on the desire to drink
And a few more words about food: laboratory studies have shown that eating certain foods contributes to the urge to drink. These products are tea, coffee, condiments, sugar products. These foods have a similar effect on smokers.
According to the observations of scientists, vegetarians have a lower tendency towards alcohol and tobacco than people who eat meat.