In the official medicine there is no term "beer alcoholism". In fact, this is one of the types of alcoholism, which is singled out separately among the people because of its specificity. As a rule, signs of beer alcoholism are increasing gradually, and a person for a long time can not realize that he has already started serious problems with alcohol.
Symptoms of beer alcoholism
If the symptoms of beer alcoholism coincide with those that you observe in yourself or one of your loved ones, you know, this is a very disturbing signal. If you go to the doctor now, you are much more likely to defeat this dependence. Otherwise, the consequences can be most terrible.
So, beer alcoholism corresponds to such signs:
- daily use of 1-2 or more bottles of beer (from 0.5 liters per day);
- constant craving for beer;
- aggressive behavior in cases when the plans for drinking beer are broken;
- periodic headaches ;
- a state of a hangover in the morning;
- slow increase in abdomen (growth of "beer belly");
- from time to time - problems with potency ;
- drowsiness during the day and absence of sleep at night;
- the desire to drink beer in the morning (for any purpose, be it a hangover or a desire to cheer);
- inability to relax without drinking.
As a rule, everything starts with either a bottle of beer on weekends, or - after work, and also with inability to control the dose of the drink. Beer alcoholism is picked up imperceptibly, and a person often takes offense at attempts of relatives close to him to help, refuses to undergo examination or take tests. However, specialist advice in this case is necessary, especially if there are a lot of symptoms.
Stages of beer alcoholism
Beer alcoholism, like any other, there are several stages. As a rule, at the first stage it is easy to get rid of dependence, and on the next stage serious treatment is required.
- Initial stage. This is an easy form of dependence, which the person himself can not notice. This is a haphazard reception of alcohol on holidays and on weekends. Even if a person drinks at least once a week - he is already an alcoholic of the initial stage,
especially if he has little control over the amount drunk. Gradually, this leads to man's craving to drink alcohol more often and more. - The second stage. This is a serious form of dependence: a person can not relax without alcohol, he drinks not 0.5 - 1 liter, but immediately several liters of beer per night, prone to aggression in a drunken state. In this case, a person drinks every day, and his dose increases. In this case, only a doctor can help a person.
Beer lovers pay dearly for their hobby: they have serious heart problems, endocrine system and liver, and the body is overflowing with female hormones, which makes a person hysterical.