In this article I would like to share my thoughts on one of the most common problems in Russia - alcohol consumption. Moreover, it concerns everyone: beginners, moderate drinkers and alcoholics. By the way, people invented all these divisions themselves; in fact, I believe that there is no clear line here. That is, at any time, a beginner can become moderate drinker, and the latter - an alcoholic.
So why do people start drinking? Consider 3 main and real factors:
The availability of alcohol. If you imagine such a picture that alcohol will disappear on the planet at once, then, of course, no one will drink them. Of course, for some time (and perhaps considerable) people will come to the surrogates and make their own swipes, but if we impose criminal liability on this, then naturally the number of libations will be reduced at once.
In any case, children and adolescents would definitely not run at recess to the shops and buy alcohol. Accordingly, when they grow up, many of them do not even know about the existence of this potion. Moderate drinkers would hardly have chased the criminal offense of alcohol, and in the end this problem would have ceased to exist.
Brainwashing
Since childhood, we often see parents drink for the holidays. Moreover, in movies, TV shows, and sometimes even cartoons, children also watch this picture. This causes them genuine curiosity, plus the adults, themselves drinking alcohol, tell their child that the latter does not even think to try this poison. This misleads the child, or in another way, he is brainwashed. As a result, as a teenager, he, secretly from his parents, will want to try a mysterious drink. With known consequences ...
Addiction
And, of course, alcohol is a drug. If marijuana was allowed, it would have been used for holidays too. Now it seems absurd, but people would have found hundreds of reasons in order to convince people that smoking weed in small doses is supposedly good for health.
A person, having tried alcohol for the first time, is already becoming addicted, although he himself will never admit this. Because the taste of this drink initially disgusts him, and he thinks that he will never be addicted. But we all know that the facts say the opposite - many people drink too much, and all of them once disgusted the taste of the first sip.
That's all three factors. Everything else is just the motives and excuses of people. It does not matter what event happened: the death of a relative, the birthday of a friend, seeing off the army, gathering classmates, the offensive of the New Year and so on - the people themselves thought up to drink alcohol these days to at least somehow justify their stupidity and disguise thereby 3 of the above factors.
Why don't alcoholics like being told about alcohol?
All for the same reason - it is extremely unpleasant for them to be aware of themselves as the last idiot. Tell the drinking person that alcohol is killing him, and most likely he will get drunk the same day, and as much as possible. The only thing that can be done here is to stop this topic altogether with him, because it makes no sense to talk about it with an alcoholic. And the reaction of a drinking person to these conversations will always be negative in this case.
Why don't people imagine their lives without alcohol?
Because, firstly, they are already addicted, and secondly, it seems to them that if they quit drinking, they will lose the main support in life. But this is a pure kind of illusion, since this support is directed only at one thing - the removal of the problems that were caused by the previous libation. And it’s not even a hangover, but a psychological aspect.
To make it clear what I want to say here, imagine a person who has problems in all spheres of life: work, family, credit, debt, crime, and the like. As long as he drinks, it will seem to him that all the problems have completely resolved. In fact, he creates new problems for himself - for example, he spends money on drinks, with which he could pay for a loan or pay off debts.
Now imagine how hard it will be for him to get back to ALL his problems in just one night? That is, in the evening they seemed not to exist, and now they seemed to have shot at him at a time! This encourages a person to drink again and again.
How to stop drinking alcohol?
To do this, you need to understand that alcohol does not solve problems, but only creates new ones. And if it happens (and it always happens like this) and for some reason the alcoholic will not be able to drink physically (liver, heart), then he will have to see not only old problems, but also new ones - now related to health.
The problem is that at the time of intoxication a person thinks that this will never happen to him and that he can quit at any time. This is the main essence of alcohol - to introduce the unfortunate into such a delusion that the latter will always believe that he controls the situation, and not she to them.
Still need to understand that life in the illusory world, although it is pleasant, but, unfortunately, it will not be eternal. It can be compared with when you take a big loan. In the first month you are happy to spend all the money, and then pay all year, and even with interest. With alcohol, the situation is the same. The question is, does this suit a person or not?
But surely you think that without alcohol, you can no longer receive joy from life. But in fact, everything is just the opposite - you can get much more joy, because it will be real! Those areas of the brain that are responsible for pleasure work in the same way. They are absolutely everything exactly the way you stimulate them - with alcohol or, for example, with creative activity.
You say that you are not a creative person? Then you have a lot of other options - to find your business in life and really enjoy it. Of course, it will be more difficult to do this than just to drink a glass of vodka, but I think it's worth it.
Surely you still doubt my words and think that life without alcohol will still be unleavened for you. I have no task to convince you otherwise, and you don’t have to believe me at all. In this article, I just gave the information that I gradually learned through my personal experience. After all, I went through all three stages of alcoholism, that is, I was a beginner and moderate drinker, and then began to drink every day.
Now I have not drunk for a year now and have not the slightest desire to do this. That is why I wrote this article to tell you that quitting drinking is not only real, but also pleasant! Already after half a month, with the right understanding (!) Of the problem of alcoholism, you will again feel the taste of this life, but without alcohol. And it is really nice.
And I say goodbye to you and wish you a colorful and rich, and most importantly sober life! Remember that all this is real and do not listen to those who say that this is impossible. If you did not manage to stop drinking from other people, then this means only one thing - they did not understand the essence of the alcohol trap. But you are already a knowledgeable person, and therefore, if you wish, you will definitely make the right decision for yourself.
