Alcohol Addiction Treatment

Alcohol addiction

What are the signs and symptoms of alcohol addiction?

The severity of your alcohol use disorder is determined by the number of symptoms you experience. Among the signs and symptoms are:

  • Wanting to reduce your drinking but unable to do so
  • Spending a significant amount of time drinking, obtaining alcohol, or recovering from alcohol use
  • Feeling a strong desire to consume alcohol (craving)
  • Failure to meet major obligations at work, school, or home due to excessive alcohol consumption
  • Continuing to consume alcohol despite knowing that it is causing physical, social, employment, or relationship problems
  • Giving up or reducing social, work, and recreational activities to consume alcohol
  • Using alcohol in unsafe situations, such as while driving or swimming
  • Developing an alcohol tolerance, in which you require more alcohol to feel its effects or have a reduced effect from the same amount
  • When you don’t drink, you may experience withdrawal symptoms such as nausea, sweating, and shaking, or you may drink to avoid these symptoms.

What are the other terms used for alcohol addiction?

  • Alcohol Dependence Syndrome is preferred by the World Health Organization.
  • Alcohol abuse describes a mild form of alcoholism where the individual has not yet developed a physical addiction.
  • Alcohol dependence is used to describe people who are mentally and physically dependent. This is how those in the medical profession most usually refer to alcoholism.
  • “Problem drinkers” can be used as a way to describe anyone who is struggling to manage their alcohol intake.
  • Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is now widely used by medical professionals.

What is the best treatment for alcoholism?

For alcohol addiction, treatment starts with detox. Detoxification helps flush out alcohol and drugs from the body. It is the essential first step before beginning any treatment for long-term sobriety.

We conduct group therapy, individual counselling sessions, and psychoeducation on the biological, psychological, and social effects of alcohol dependence (bio-psycho-social model). Our specialists are well-equipped to do various interventions, such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Interpersonal Therapy (IPT), and supportive and group therapy, as needed. The treatment includes the widely popular and WHO-recommended 12-step program facilitation.

Remember that overcoming addiction does not happen all at once.

Hope Trust also offers aftercare and a family support program because addiction recovery is a lifelong commitment process for the alcoholic and requires care from loved ones.