How to cure alcohol addiction at home. Moral support for an alcoholic. Stabilization of the body's condition

Update: October 2018

No matter how many people would like to believe it, alcoholism is a disease. It, like any disease, is characterized by a stage-by-stage development and, as with other pathologies, only reasonable and proven treatment can save you from it.

The problem of alcoholism begins when a person - no matter whether it is a woman or a man - begins to enjoy alcohol and associate pleasant moments in life with it. At this time, ethyl alcohol reacts with fat molecules present in the body and is gradually integrated into the ongoing metabolism. To “remove” it from there, you need to completely remove alcoholic beverages from consumption and, one by one, correct emerging metabolic disorders. Then, within about a year, metabolic reactions will be restored to their original state, the structure of blood vessels will return to normal, and work will begin to “correct” damaged internal organs. The main thing is that no alcohol enters the body during this time.

Effective treatment of alcoholism is only possible if the patient himself wants to get rid of addiction. This is what therapy is aimed at in specialized clinics and centers, where, in addition to removing toxic products of alcoholism from the body, work is carried out with the altered human psyche. Forced and “unauthorized” treatment produces poor results.

Alcohol, or more precisely, ethyl alcohol (ethanol) has toxic effects to almost all human organs. The more often it appears in the body (the more high doses, than it is found in some fruits), the more harm brings.

Ethyl alcohol is absorbed very quickly, and after 60-90 minutes its maximum concentration is observed in the blood. The rate of absorption increases if:

• the person has an empty stomach;
• alcoholic drink has a high temperature (drinks based on heated wine, for example, mulled wine);
• the drink contains sugar and carbon dioxide in the form of bubbles (for example, champagne).

If alcohol is taken with a large amount of food (not on an empty stomach), especially fatty food, its absorption slows down.

Having entered the blood, ethanol enters mainly 2 organs: the brain and skeletal muscles, and this is already 70% of body weight. IN adipose tissue and the bones receive alcohol in a smaller volume.

The liver and, to some extent, the stomach try to neutralize ethanol. The liver tissue produces the enzyme alcohol dehydrogenase, which converts ethanol into very toxic acetaldehyde. It must be converted to safe acetic acid by aldehyde dehydrogenase. After this, thiokinase “turns on”, which converts acetic acid into acetyl-coenzyme A. It produces ketone bodies that are toxic to the brain.

With constant use, the level of alcohol dehydrogenase decreases. Then the enzyme catalase takes over to neutralize ethanol. It works more slowly and oxidizes alcohol to more toxic derivatives.

In addition to these enzymes, the conversion of alcohol in the liver is carried out using the enzyme cytochrome P450. This enzyme is also involved in the processing of most drugs, especially antibiotics. Therefore, if you take drugs together with alcohol, there is a high risk that the drug will take up space in the enzyme system, and the alcohol will remain “underprocessed.” This can be life-threatening.

The end products of ethanol conversion in the liver are carbon dioxide and water. As a result, energy is generated: 60 g of alcohol produces 477 kcal.

Is the possibility of becoming an alcoholic “written” in the genes?

The 2 “major alcohol” enzymes—alcohol dehydrogenase and aldehyde dehydrogenase—can be produced in “fast” and “slow” forms. What forms a person will get is programmed by genes. It is the forms of these enzymes that 90% determine whether a person will become prone to alcoholism or not.

So, if both enzymes are “fast” (for example, among the Indians of South America), a person almost does not get drunk and quickly sobers up, without feeling signs of a hangover. The slower these enzymes are, the more a person needs to drink to get drunk (this is typical for Europeans, Slavic and African peoples). They feel all the effects of alcohol: euphoria, relaxedness, sociability, and after a while (it depends on the dose of ethanol) they begin to suffer from a hangover. In order for such people to become alcoholics, they need to drink “hard” and often.

Representatives of the Mongoloid race - Asians and residents of the Far North - are characterized by the production of “fast” alcohol dehydrogenase and “slow” aldehyde dehydrogenase. It is enough for them to take a small dose of alcohol to become intoxicated (with almost no signs of euphoria), and very soon a severe hangover sets in (acetaldehyde has already formed, but will not be neutralized). Alcoholics are rare among these peoples: 91 times less common than among Europeans.

In Russia, about 10% of residents have fast alcohol dehydrogenase, and among the Chuvash - up to 18%. It is interesting that most of these people live in Moscow. Such people almost do not feel intoxicated, which “insures” them from alcoholism.

Those peoples (Evenks, North American Indians, Chukchi) who were originally characterized by a nomadic lifestyle, when transitioning to a settled life, especially when moving to the city, begin to drink themselves to death. Recent studies have shown that this is not related to alcohol and acetaldehyde dehydrogenases. Scientists say that a change in the type of diet and the associated level of adrenal hormones is to blame. So, when it was fat and protein, which was necessary for the nomads to eat less often, they produced less stress hormones than with a carbohydrate diet. More stress plus a sedentary life, when alcohol consumption is cultivated by the media, has led to the emergence of a large number of alcoholics among these peoples.

Interesting. A predisposition to alcoholism can be recognized by two factors:

1. if your face does not turn red after drinking alcohol (redness of the skin is a sign of acetaldehyde release);
2. if after a heavy libation a person wakes up early on his own.

"Norm" of alcohol

Safe for health, without alcoholism you can drink a day:

• Women: 300 ml of beer or 130 ml of wine, or 50 ml of vodka.
• Men: 500 ml of beer or 200 ml of wine, or 75 ml of vodka.

This “dose,” equivalent to 25 g of ethanol in women and 30 g in men, can only be taken 5 times a week. Another 2 days should be without alcohol.

The maximum permissible dose is 60 g of pure ethanol for men, 50 g for women. The permissible amount of ethanol in women is lower than in men, which is due to the characteristics female anatomy: more fat tissue, less muscle. This is dictated by female sex hormones.

Blood alcohol concentration can be calculated by first multiplying 0.7 (this is the 70% that makes up the brain and muscles where most of the alcohol is absorbed) by body weight, and then dividing the amount of ethanol in grams by this figure. The lethal concentration is considered to be 3.5‰, although in practice there are people with higher levels who are not even in a coma, but in consciousness.

What alcohol “can” do

You can understand the consequences of alcoholism if you know how ethanol affects different organs.

Nervous system

Ethanol has a direct toxic effect on nerve cells and alters the production of various substances in the brain. Yes, accumulation gamma-aminobutyric acid– the main inhibitory neurotransmitter – leads to relaxation, euphoria, drowsiness. It causes the release of endorphins, which provoke the release of dopamine, and this whole “cocktail” that causes a feeling of bliss stimulates the desire to drink again.

Alcoholism reduces brain volume, especially in the frontal lobe. The death of neurons in this area leads to:

• decreased mental functions;
• attention disorders;
• slurred speech;
• changing the character and personality of a person.

The blood vessels are also damaged, and in these areas the brain is saturated with blood. Hemorrhage can be extensive and lead to death.

Alcoholism can also cause psychosis, damage to the spinal cord and cerebellum. At stage 2 of the disease, the nerve trunks leading to the limbs are affected. As a result, sensation and movement are lost in the areas of the legs and arms where socks and gloves are worn. This is called alcoholic polyneuropathy.

Liver

If you take large amounts of alcohol for just 1 year, it will cause liver disease. First, the level of acetyl-coenzyme A and the “energy” substance NADH will increase. They will slow down the reaction fat metabolism, as a result of which fat will begin to be deposited in the liver. As long as there is still 5-50% fat, the process is reversible (you can stop drinking, and the liver will recover on its own, without “cleansing”). But after this, the death of liver cells begins, and tissue similar to scar tissue begins to grow in their place. This is liver fibrosis, the irreversible first stage of cirrhosis. This is followed by cirrhosis, in which the functions of the liver, important for the entire body, are disabled one after another.

Heart

Ethyl alcohol causes the destruction of red blood cells, resulting in hemolytic anemia, causing the accumulation of “bad” ones (causing atherosclerosis) fatty acids. This leads to the development of heart diseases (cardiomyopathy, arrhythmia), and also worsens the course of existing cardiovascular diseases. Alcoholics are much faster than people with chronic diseases heart, heart failure develops, which quickly leads to death.

The American Heart Association urges people not to believe “advice” about the health benefits of red wine or cognac. All the necessary vitamins and antioxidants, they say, can be obtained from healthy foods: berries, fruits, vegetables.

Metabolism

Alcohol leads to a decrease in the deposition of glycogen in the liver - a bundle of many glucose molecules that are a reserve of energy in case it is suddenly needed. At the same time, alcohol itself provides a person with a certain amount of energy, so when drinking it, a person, especially someone already suffering from alcoholism, does not eat food. If glycogen stores are depleted, acute hypoglycemia may develop after another libation ( a sharp decline blood glucose levels), which causes depression of consciousness and convulsions. It can even lead to death, especially if the person is sick diabetes mellitus.

Incomplete oxidation of fatty acids in the liver, which develops during alcoholism, leads to the accumulation of ketone bodies in the body. There are especially many of them if there is no longer any glycogen left in the liver. This condition is called ketoacidosis. It leads to symptoms such as weakness, vomiting, abdominal pain, dizziness, drowsiness, and weight loss. If alcoholism is combined with diabetes mellitus, ketoacidosis can develop into a ketoacidotic coma.

Ethyl alcohol interferes with the absorption of B vitamins (especially B1 and B6), which is why Gaye-Wernicke syndrome develops:

• heat
• a loss mental activity, up to depression of consciousness to coma;
• memory loss;
• double vision;
• lack of coordination.

Gastrointestinal tract

Chronic alcohol abuse leads to stomach damage and small intestine. Diarrhea occurs due to impaired absorption of water and electrolytes, impaired absorption of lactase.

In addition, repeated vomiting may cause ruptures in the mucous membranes of the esophagus and stomach, accompanied by bleeding. Damage to the pancreas also develops - pancreatitis, which can acquire a necrotizing form (the gland tissue dies) and lead to death. Gastritis develops in 95% of patients.

Alcoholism greatly increases the risk of developing cancer diseases: intestinal cancer, stomach cancer, esophageal cancer.

Joints

Constantly taken ethanol leads to retention of uric acid in the body. Its excess accumulates in the joints, causing gout.

Impact on the gene pool

Ethanol poisons both female and male reproductive cells, increasing the risk of having a sick child or even fetal death. Drinking alcohol is especially dangerous for a pregnant woman.

Alcohol causes additional harm through harmful additives. They increase damage to the liver and kidneys, through which they are excreted, as well as to the blood vessels and heart, which ensure their passage through the body.

Why does alcoholism develop?

For the development of alcoholism, the combination of “slow” dehydrogenases alone is not enough. It is necessary for a person to begin periodically taking ethyl alcohol with the transition to more and more frequent use. This happens mainly with psychological problems:

• low (less often high) wages;
• stress at work;
• drinking friends;
• lack of friends;
• problems in family relationships.

Symptoms of alcoholism are more likely to be found in people of a melancholic nature, prone to depression and self-deprecation, as well as those who grew up in a family of alcoholics.

How to suspect alcoholism

Many families are accustomed to drinking alcohol on holidays or after significant events/major purchases. How can you tell if a relative may become an alcoholic?

There is such a thing as domestic alcoholism, also called domestic alcoholism. It is characterized by the absence of complete dependence on ethyl alcohol. For such a person, an everyday drunk, alcohol does not interfere with his work. A person, periodically making a promise to himself or his loved ones to “quit”, still drinks alcohol. If this habit is not dealt with, it will develop into a disease. In women this happens earlier, in men - later. It is easier to treat everyday drunkenness, but he definitely needs the help of a psychologist or psychotherapist: this way a person can find the reasons why he drinks and, together with a specialist, eliminate them.

Household drunkards are considered not only habitual drinkers who drink alcohol up to 3 times a week, but can calmly refuse it if they have another job that is pleasant for them. Drinking alcohol 1-2 times a week (systematic drunkenness), and 1-3 times a month (episodic drunkenness), and even “only on holidays” (moderate drunkenness) will be considered home drunkenness. The main criteria are:

• availability of an approximate measure when drinking alcohol;
• joy, excitement before drinking an alcoholic drink;
• the obligatory presence of a reason for drinking alcohol (a person will not create it artificially);
• severe hangover (severe and prolonged headache, nausea, weakness);
• feeling of guilt before relatives “for yesterday”;
• non-aggressive, rather, on the contrary, complacent mood when drinking small doses of alcohol.

Stages of alcoholism

The first signs of alcoholism are:

• attraction to alcohol even without reason;
• All holidays are celebrated and Friday is obligatory;
• if family members ask you to do some tasks that would prevent you from drinking, you may become hot-tempered, aggressive, and irritable.

If alcoholism is not stopped at this point, the person “slides downhill.” Depending on how much his personality and internal organs suffer, there are 3 stages of alcoholism.

Stage 1

It is called mental dependence: ethanol has not yet been fully integrated into metabolism, and there are limiting factors - family, friends, work. But free time is happily spent drinking a glass. At first, a person still needs drinking buddies, but sometimes he can drink on his own, but in small quantities.

When Friday comes, you go to the garage, fishing or hunting (where there will be alcohol), joy appears, a sparkle appears in your eyes. The person himself does not notice this.

Drinking alcohol causes joy, talkativeness, and euphoria. A person becomes disinhibited, he wants to sing, dance, and meet the opposite sex. If he has “too much,” then nausea, vomiting, headaches appear, blood pressure rises and the pulse quickens.

Further progression of the disease is characterized by the need to gradually increase the dose of alcohol to obtain pleasure. Oppressed vomiting reflex, because of which a person can greatly exceed the permissible dose of alcohol, drinking into an alcoholic coma. Life values ​​are decreasing, principles are changing. Now the man is no longer big difference what to drink: he can buy cheap alcoholic drinks if he doesn’t have the money for the usual ones.

Stage 2

It is characterized by a worsening of the hangover syndrome: nausea and headache are accompanied by hand tremors, increased heart rate, arrhythmic heartbeats, and increased blood pressure. If you drink alcohol (for example, beer) against this background, the condition will return to normal. To differentiate: if there is no dependence, these symptoms will intensify, which is due to an increase in the number of alcohol substitutes.

Appears physical dependence from ethanol: if you do not drink it for 1-2 days, a headache begins, nausea appears, the person does not want to eat anything, sleeps poorly, and is very irritable. He may have convulsions up to an epileptic seizure. When drinking alcohol, all these symptoms of withdrawal syndrome (withdrawal) disappear, everything returns to normal. While on a binge, a person hardly eats, he loses weight.

In order to prevent withdrawal, a person constantly drinks, and not necessarily in large doses: even a bottle of beer helps maintain the mood and well-being he needs. Usually, binges last for 2-3 weeks, then he stops drinking, his conscience torments him, a desire to code appears, but a new meeting with friends or a new reason to drink leads to repeated binge drinking.

At this stage, changes in the patient’s personality become noticeable: he becomes rude, he is irritated by any little things.

Binge drinking can cause complications: heart attack, stroke, gastrointestinal bleeding.

Stage 3

At this stage, a person drinks in small doses, quickly sobers up and continues to drink again.

Complications arise from internal organs: nervous system, liver, pancreas, heart, kidneys. They may develop into cancer or cirrhosis, but the problem can still be solved. Only a change in personality cannot be changed: a person loses life values, the ability to think productively, analyze, and conduct a conversation. There are hallucinations - visual and auditory. When alcohol is withdrawn, delirium delirium develops ( delirium tremens).

Why is it difficult to treat alcoholism?

Finding a cure for alcoholism is very difficult, which is due to changes in the patient’s psyche:

1. Inappropriate attitude towards one's own condition. An alcoholic either completely denies that he has an addiction (this is the hardest thing to deal with), or believes that he can stop drinking at any moment, or says that he is already extremely dependent and will not be able to stop alcoholism.
2. The patient becomes fixated only on himself (egocentrism), which leads to his alienation from close people.
3. Constantly changing your decisions, words, self-esteem.
4. The patient’s refusal to make independent decisions or perform any volitional efforts. He goes with the flow, not bothering himself with anything other than getting money for alcohol.

In all these cases, it is best to treat the disease in specialized paid clinics, where in the first phase of therapy, it is possible for psychotherapists who can interact with such patients to come to your home.

Treatment of alcoholism

Alcoholism in men and women needs to be treated as early as possible, even at the stage of everyday drunkenness - until there is no personality change.

Indicators that it is no longer possible to delay the help of a relative are the following signs:

• loss of drink;
• searching for reasons for alcoholism;
• relief of hangover symptoms that occurs with repeated consumption of alcohol;
• partial amnesia for the events that happened while drinking alcohol.

Stages of treatment

Treatment of alcoholism must be carried out in 4 stages:

Stage 1

It involves removing alcohol breakdown products from the body and relieving withdrawal symptoms. The stage is called detoxification. It is better to carry it out under medical supervision, as violations are possible heart rate, blood pressure rises to high levels, breathing problems. Starting from stage 2 of alcoholism, detoxification is carried out only by narcologists or anesthesiologists who have experience in treating this particular addiction.

If, in your opinion, the drinking relative is healthy, has never complained of an irregular heartbeat, and there has been no breathing problems or loss of consciousness while quitting alcohol, you can start treatment at home, keeping your phone ready to call an ambulance.

Here's how to detoxify on your own:

• calm the patient;
• give him the maximum possible dosages sorbents (“Polysorb”, “Atoxil”, “Enterosgel”);
• 1 – 1.5 hours after the sorbents, they give a vitamin B1 tablet and drink sweet tea. You can give 10 mg of the drug “Anaprilin” (for the heart), but provided that the pulse is more than 60 beats per minute, and the “upper” pressure is above 90 mm Hg;
• after another 1.5 hours the sorbent is given again;
• after another 1-1.5 hours, you can give a sleeping pill or sedative (Pavlov’s Mixture, “Barboval”, valerian tablets, “Somnol”). At this stage it is good to accept ascorbic acid(500-1000 mg), put the person to sleep.

All this time, the frequency and rhythm of the pulse (should be within 65-105 beats, rhythmic), and blood pressure (not higher than 150 mm Hg) are monitored. When the pressure rises above 140 mm Hg. you need to give ½ Captopress tablet and measure the value after half an hour.

Irrhythmic, frequent or rare pulse, high or low blood pressure (should be between 100-140 mm Hg), convulsions, irregular breathing, panic attacks, psychosis - a reason to call an ambulance.

Medical detoxification, especially if you called a paid drug treatment team from a clinic, can also be carried out at home. It is as follows:

• intravenous administration of saline solutions - to maintain water and electrolyte balance;
• intramuscular administration of vitamins B1, B6;
• intravenous administration sedatives(also known as anticonvulsants), respiratory analeptics, antiarrhythmic drugs, nootropic drugs

If breathing problems, convulsions, or a threat of heart attack or stroke appear during withdrawal, the patient must be treated in a drug treatment hospital or a paid drug treatment center/clinic.

At the end of stage 1, the following goals must be achieved:

1. normalization of cardiac activity;
2. normalization of breathing;
3. restoration of appetite and sleep;
4. relief of nausea and vomiting.

Only after this can you proceed to the next stage.

Stage 2

It is called intervention and is carried out if the patient does not consider himself as such and does not want to be treated. For this purpose, a meeting is organized between the alcoholic and psychologists from specialized centers.

It is important at this stage not to exert any moral violence or psychological pressure.

The intervention can and should be carried out when the patient is still “under a drip”, but it is already much easier for him.

If for some reason you decide to treat alcoholism without the knowledge of the patient (and this is a much more difficult and long way), the intervention stage is skipped. You can immediately proceed to stage 3, but start it only in the absence of alcohol intoxication or withdrawal symptoms.

Stage 3

Here, negative conditioned reflexes are developed to the effects of alcohol - its taste and smell. This could be herbs, pills - if you decide to treat alcoholism at home. There may be suggestive influence, hypnosis, coding - if treatment is planned at home, but with the help of specialists (short-term hospitalization may be required during coding).

Also, this stage can be carried out in specialized paid clinics (not in a drug treatment or psychiatric hospital).

About all the methods of this stage - herbs, tablets, inpatient treatment and coding for alcoholism - we’ll talk a little lower.

Stage 4

It includes supportive treatment and social rehabilitation. Lasts 2-3 years. The stage is very difficult, requiring constant moral efforts on the part of relatives rather than the patient himself. It is held at home.

It is advisable for a former alcoholic to attend support groups consisting of people like him who were able to give up alcohol. He needs to be helped to find new hobbies and interests so that he has as little free time as possible, which he could use to return to old habits. Here it is important to exclude communication with old “friends,” but not by force, but by communicating with a psychologist to evoke such a desire in the patient himself.

The rehabilitation stage also involves work and periodic communication with a psychologist. If a person was treated at a clinic, he can periodically come there for examinations.

If the rehabilitation phase is successful, there is a high chance that this person won't drink anymore.

Forced therapy

At the moment, compulsory treatment of alcoholism has been abandoned as an ineffective and extremely costly method. This method of therapy is only possible in exceptional cases provided by law Russian Federation. The main indication for compulsory treatment is the patient’s danger to himself or others: attacks on relatives and neighbors, failure to switch off gas stove or water. At the same time, it is important that in a state of binge, the psychiatric hospital - and it is the one that deals with compulsory therapy - will not accept an alcoholic. Even if the patient was hospitalized in the drug treatment department of a state hospital or in a state drug treatment hospital during withdrawal or binge drinking, he will not be transferred to a psychiatric clinic without a court decision. He will be discharged home.

If an alcoholic is dangerous for relatives living with him, the order of their actions is as follows:

1. Go without a patient with alcoholism to a district or city psychiatric hospital, find a local psychiatrist, describe the situation to him.
2. The local psychiatrist will give an example of an application addressed to the chief physician of the hospital.
3. The statement will need to indicate examples of aggressive behavior, verbal threats, inappropriateness and disorientation that occurred.
4. This case will be considered by a commission of psychiatrists, they will visit your home and give an opinion on whether hospitalization is necessary or not.

Cases where the alcoholic lives separately are especially difficult for the legislation, and it will be difficult to indicate aggression on his part.

An alcoholic can also be sent to compulsory treatment through a court order, but this is possible when a person, while intoxicated, has violated the law. If you testify that he regularly drinks alcohol, the judge can forcibly send him to a psychiatric hospital.

Treatment of alcoholism in a specialized clinic

A person suffering from alcoholism voluntarily goes to a clinic to undergo a course of treatment. Upon admission, specialists talk to him: narcologist, psychologist, psychiatrist. They identify the personality disorders that alcohol use has led to and choose how alcoholism will be treated. Methods can be different, for example:

• 12 step program;
• Minnesota Program;
• the impact of the Therapeutic Community;
• Deutop model.

The period of adaptation of a person to the conditions of the clinic lasts several days or weeks. He gets used to the environment, and the first individual and group lessons are held with him. He communicates with people who need to get rid of alcoholism, with people who have gotten rid of addiction. Relatives can come to the patient.

Next, the integration stage begins, during which an aversion to alcohol is formed. Individual classes are also conducted, the patient attends trainings and groups, and keeps a diary in which he notes his psycho-emotional state. Relatives come and cheer the patient up.

The next stage is stabilization. The person continues to keep a diary and communicate with a psychologist and in a group. Now his task is to strengthen the desire to lead a healthy lifestyle. He is already sharing his knowledge and experience with newly admitted patients.

Treatment at home

It needs to start with the fact that relatives (especially the person whose communication and opinion the patient values) convince the alcoholic to undergo treatment. If he is aggressive or too passive, he needs the help of a psychologist.

You need to convince an alcohol addict at the right time: after waste of wages, a fine for drunk driving, and so on. At the same time, it is important that the alcoholic is not nervous, and the conversation is not conducted in the manner of notation (with sobs, appeals to conscience). It is important to convey the message that treatment will return him to his family, but during treatment the family will support their beloved relative. You also need to outline a happy future for him without alcohol: a career, respect from colleagues, happy children and a wife. That is, the point of treating alcoholism is to make not only him happy (especially if he considers himself a “finished” person), but also those who depend on him and who love him.

Coding

Coding for alcoholism is one of the methods used in complex treatment diseases. It was invented back in the 30s of the 20th century in Russia, by scientists Sluchevsky and Fricken, who used apomorphine for this. Soon, apomorphine was replaced by disulfiram, and the technique was supplemented with suggestive influence and hypnosis.

Coding can be based on one of two methods of influence:

1. reciprocal – when a negative effect is formed on the smell of alcohol itself;
2. operant – formed according to the principle of “punishment”. The patient can take alcohol, but after this he experiences serious side effects: vomiting, weakness, tachycardia, shortness of breath.

Encoding can be:

• medicinal: the patient is given medication or has it stitched in the form of an implant. When alcohol is consumed, the drug causes such vivid and unpleasant symptoms that the desire to continue alcoholism disappears;
• non-medicinal: for example, according to the method of Dovzhenko, Malkin, Rozhnov - using hypnosuggestive influence. This involves working with the patient's psyche;
• combined (for example, the “Double Block” method), when both medicinal and psychotherapeutic effects are performed;
• hardware: such physiotherapeutic techniques are used as artificially increasing body temperature, inducing convulsions using electricity. This effect is ineffective and unsafe, so it is rarely used. IN Lately Laser coding is offered, reviews speak of it as an effective method.

Medication coding

It involves one of several effects:

• adding alcohol blockers;
• administration of ethanol inhibitors in the form of injections;
• taking medications in the form of tablets.

Each of the effects has its own duration: injections last for several months, sutured implants last from several months to a year. If the drug is injected into fatty tissue, it remains there for several years. During this time, psychological work should be carried out to stop the patient from drinking alcohol.

The procedure is considered the most effective, but is “suitable” for repetition two or maximum three times. If an alcoholic cannot resist drinking alcohol, further “fixing” does not make sense: he will still drink. In this case, you need to choose a different method.

The following drugs are used:

1. Opiate receptor blockers (Naltrexone, administered intravenously or in tablet form). They block the release of endorphins in response to alcohol. Accordingly, drinking alcohol ceases to cause the usual joy and euphoria.
2. Drugs that, when combined with alcohol, cause pronounced toxic reactions: Disulfiram (Teturam, Antabuse, Esperal, Algominal, Aquilong). The dosage of medications is selected individually, depending on the patient’s health status, the usual dose taken, and the degree of dependence on alcohol. These drugs are not used for alcohol intoxication: first they relieve it with Naloxone or Naltrexone, then begin treatment with Disulfiram or its analogues. The ampoule is sutured under the skin of the interscapular region, buttocks, and axillary fossae to a depth of about 40 mm. When drinking alcohol, nausea, vomiting, tachycardia occur, panic attacks, blood pressure surges.

Before filing disulfiram, an alcohol-disulfiram test is carried out: the person is given 1 tablet of the drug, after which he needs to drink 30-50 ml of vodka. After this, 4 stages of the test develop:

1. Starts in 10 minutes. It consists of redness of the skin, increased breathing, and the appearance of bad breath. Euphoria appears, similar to a similar feeling when intoxicated.
2. Appears after another 10 minutes. Euphoria passes, anxiety and fear appear. My head starts to hurt and my blood pressure drops.
3. Develops within 40 minutes. Blood pressure drops even more, which is manifested by a throbbing headache and numbness in the fingers.
4. After another 30 minutes the condition is restored.

Tests are carried out only in a hospital where emergency medicines are available and where anesthesiologists work.

Alcohol-disulfiram tests are usually repeated 2-3 times until an aversion to alcohol is formed. If a person is not sure that he can resist drinking alcohol, 8-10 tablets of this drug are sewn under his fascia.

It is necessary to take into account: the very first relapse after installation of a disulfiram implant can be difficult and even fatal.

The advantage of drug coding is that many doctors can work with these drugs - it is not necessary to look for a qualified narcologist. In addition, these anti-alcoholism pills can be given at home.

Disadvantages - high cost of drugs, pronounced aggression of the patient if these drugs were given to him without knowledge. Failures after such coding can lead to a worsening of the condition: an increase in the time of drinking bouts, an increase in the dosage of alcohol.

Contraindications to medication coding

It cannot be performed when:

• the alcoholic’s reluctance to get rid of addiction;
• allergies to disulfiram and its derivatives;
• diabetes;
• heart failure;
• cancer;
• mental and neurological disorders;
• tuberculosis;
• bronchial asthma;
• chronic renal and liver failure;
• pregnancy;
• peptic ulcer in the acute stage;
• lactation period.

Laser coding

This technique is used only in drug treatment clinics in large cities, which can afford to purchase expensive equipment.

The essence of the method is the impact of a laser beam on special points of the brain. The authors of the procedure claim that this way the data on addiction to alcohol is “erased”, that is, in a normal situation a person is not tempted to drink. This does not protect against relapse when meeting drinking buddies or celebrating at home, so laser coding must be supplemented with psychosuggestive or other type of influence.

The procedure is performed only by qualified specialists and has no side effects. Although it requires a course course that is strictly adjusted in duration, it does not require huge or lengthy financial costs. Effective only for stage 1-2 alcoholism.

Psychotherapeutic influence and hypnosis

It doesn’t matter which method – according to Dovzhenko, Malkin, Rozhnov or hypnosis – is chosen. The main thing is to find a qualified specialist who, with a word, can arouse in the patient an aversion to alcoholic beverages.

Hypnosis is carried out using proprietary methods that are not widely available. To select a hypnosuggestive effect, a psychiatrist must first examine the patient, talk with him, and then choose a technique for influencing his consciousness. The principle of hypnosis is in a state between sleep and wakefulness, with the help of a word, to extinguish an area of ​​excitation in the brain that is pathologically excited by the smell or taste of alcohol. The doctor convinces the patient that the smell and taste of alcohol causes nausea or vomiting.

Dovzhenko's method uses words that should cause a negative reflex to alcohol. This psychotherapeutic effect lasts 2 hours, while the patient does not fall asleep, but enters a trance state: his emotions remain, but the cortex turns off. Such coding requires highly qualified physicians.

The doctor performing the procedure repeatedly repeats to the alcoholic about the suffering of loved ones caused by alcoholism, about major changes internal organs associated with ethyl alcohol, about the fear of death. An alcoholic is taught responsibility for his own actions, especially those related to family and children. He must feel a lot of negative emotions associated with his dependence on alcohol, feel the difference between alcoholism and in a healthy way life.

Before coding according to Dovzhenko, preparation is needed - cleansing the body of alcoholization products. To do this, the patient must take activated carbon or other sorbents for several days; foods with a lot of fiber, laxative teas and tablets are added to his diet.

The duration of the procedure is less than 3 years. It needs repetition.

It is important to know: after hypnosuggestive coding, relatives need to try as much as possible to occupy all the patient’s free time so that he does not have hours of idleness that he could devote to drinking.

There are situations when coding led to the opposite effect - the person began to drink even more. In this case, drug intervention was necessary.

"Double Block"

In this case, an implant is sewn under the skin of the alcoholic, after which a suggestive effect is carried out using Dovzhenko or another method. The method loses effectiveness after 2-3 repetitions.

Consequences of Coding

Any coding can lead to a change in the patient’s psyche: the person becomes irritable, picky, aggressive, and inattentive. His relationships with family members may worsen, and sexual desire often decreases. Trying to fill the resulting free time, a person comes up with a new addiction: he starts playing computer games, maniacally improves his own body, and throws himself into work. Against this background, he often develops depression and suicidal attempts, including unexpressed manifestations (therefore it is important to continue communication with treating narcologists and psychiatrists).

This is a difficult stage for the family, during which it is important for relatives not to break down, but to continue to provide assistance to the patient psychological support, sometimes – as part of joint sessions with a psychologist. If relatives survive this stage, build new, but no less warm and trusting relationships with the patient, psychological problems gradually go away and the risk of relapse into alcoholism becomes extremely small.

Medication coding at home

Medicines taken at home must be agreed upon with a narcologist, as they can greatly harm the patient and your relationship with him.

Alcoholism pills

1. "Teturam" and analogues, discussed in the section "Medicine coding". These drugs block acetaldehyde dehydrogenase, as a result, toxic acetaldehyde is not converted into acetic acid, but accumulates in the body. They can not only be filed, but also taken in tablet form. Only short courses are practiced, since long-term use causes inflammation of the liver and nerve endings; there may be psychosis.
2. "Metronidazole" It is an antibiotic that also has an antiprotozoal effect. Its metabolism occurs through the liver, using the same enzymes that break down ethyl alcohol, so alcohol accumulates in the form of toxic metabolites. Drinking alcohol while taking metronidazole causes a feeling of fever, vomiting, and tachycardia. The antibiotic is not taken together with Teturam and its analogues.

For hangovers, aspirin-based drugs are used: “Zorex Morning”, “Alka-Seltzer”, “Alka-Prime”, “Alco-buffer”. To accelerate the elimination of acetaldehyde and other toxic products from the body, Enterosgel, activated carbon, Filtrum, and Rekitsen-RD are used.

Drops for alcoholism

Basically, anti-alcoholism drops act in the same way as pills. Their main advantage is that they can be dripped into food and drink. But many of them are not used without the knowledge of the patient: they can cause a reaction with alcohol, which is also contained in foods or medications taken by a person, as a result of which he will feel very unwell, he may even develop a stroke, heart attack, or severe rhythm disturbance.

1. Colma. Active substance– cyanamide. It blocks acetaldehyde dehydrogenase, as a result of which, after taking ethanol, a person develops fever in the face, nausea, shortness of breath, and tachycardia. After 1-3 such attacks, a negative reaction even the smell of alcohol. The dosage of the drug is prescribed by a doctor (usually 12-25 drops * 2 times a day). It is not used for heart disease, respiratory failure, liver failure, pregnancy and lactation.
2. Extra blocker. The substance also contains herbs, which when combined with alcohol cause unpleasant side effects, as well as B vitamins, necessary for the prevention of acute encephalopathy (Wernicke's syndrome), as well as a sedative - glycine. Taking this dietary supplement improves general state man and doesn't let him drink. Take it 35 drops * 3 times a day, stirring in 100 ml of water or a non-alcoholic drink without carbon.
3. Proprothene 100. These are drops that interact with S-100 proteins located in the brain and responsible for information transfer and metabolism. It influences those brain structures that are involved in the formation of positive emotions when drinking alcohol; enhances the production of “calming” amino acids. The drug reduces the severity of withdrawal symptoms and reduces the desire to drink.

Herbs for alcoholism

When traditional healers are asked how to cure alcoholism, they advise taking herbs:

• after alcoholization - plants that have a detoxification effect: dandelion, chamomile, pueraria root, oat sprouts (before the appearance of spikelets), sweet clover, cyanosis root, speedwell;
• after relieving hangover symptoms - herbs that cause aversion to alcohol;
• during rehabilitation - plants that have a tonic effect: ginseng, eleutherococcus, Schisandra chinensis.

Consider recipes from herbs that cause aversion to alcohol:

1. Need 4 tbsp. thyme, 1 tbsp. herbs wormwood and centaury. Mix dry herbs, take 25 g of the mixture, pour 250 ml of boiling water, leave for 2 hours. Strain, give 50 ml * 4 times a day. The effect appears after 2 weeks.
2. Need 1 tbsp. cleft grass leaves. Pour 250 ml of boiling water over it, let it boil and simmer for 10 minutes over low heat. Give 1 tbsp. with food and when drinking alcohol. No more than 2 tbsp per day. infusion. The duration of treatment is no more than 3 days.
3. You need 5 g of club moss grass. They are poured with 250 ml of boiling water, simmered over low heat for 10-15 minutes, given 50-100 ml each, separately from food and alcohol intake. Course – 5-7 days. Before starting the course, you need to go without alcohol for 3-4 days. The herb has a toxic effect on the cardiovascular system and liver, so it should not be taken by a person who has had a heart attack or suffers from cardiac, hepatic or renal failure, diabetes mellitus, tuberculosis, bronchial asthma.

Rehabilitation after coding

Duration rehabilitation period– 3-5 years. Most difficult period– the first few months, so it is optimal if it takes place in a specialized clinic where:

• doctors monitor the patient’s behavior;
• meetings with visitors are supervised by staff;
• there is an example before your eyes - people who were able to get rid of addiction and can talk about their experiences, thoughts and feelings, which will be very useful;
• Physical therapy exercises must be performed that take into account the general state of human health;
• Daily individual or group lessons are offered.

If treatment in a clinic is not possible, rehabilitation is carried out at home. In this case, it is recommended to communicate with a psychologist or psychotherapist, and attend groups who have recovered from this addiction.

We need to help the recovering person find a hobby: get a pet, start growing something, making something, and so on. It is better to go through this stage together with the addict in order to share the joy of new achievements.

Treatment of alcoholism without the knowledge of the patient

This therapy is different high risks that occur with side effects. It is ineffective because it does not include the will of the patient. In addition, there is a risk of breaking the relationship between the alcohol addict and the person who treats him this way.

Nevertheless, if you have chosen this particular path of treatment for a relative, we will give some advice:

• always keep your phone handy to call an ambulance (the doctors will have to tell you everything). IN mobile phone enter the city numbers of the ambulance substation at your place of residence;
• There should be nitroglycerin in the first aid kit - to eliminate heart pain. Give it to a person with blood pressure below 80 mmHg. it is forbidden;
• put vitamin C in your first aid kit, preferably at a dosage of 500 mg/tablet;
• There should also be tablets that reduce blood pressure (Captopress) and activated carbon.

For alcoholism without knowledge you can give:

• An aqueous solution of puppeteer that has no taste or odor. It is prepared like this: 1 tsp. ½ cup of herbs is poured hot water. Let it sit for an hour and strain. Add more water to make a total of 250 ml. It is given in a dosage of a few drops, adding them to food or alcohol, but not every day. If you drink 10 drops of puppeteer every day, even without alcohol, death occurs within a few days.
• Alcobarrier. These are drops made from acacia resin, artichoke extract and motherwort. It does not cause poisoning when taken simultaneously with alcohol; on the contrary, it alleviates the symptoms of a hangover and improves brain function by supplying it with vitamin B6 (prevention of Gaye-Wernicke syndrome). The drug still has a weak taste and smell, so it is recommended to add it to coffee.
• Extra-blocker (BAA). It is discussed in the “Drops for Alcoholism” section.
• Proprothene 100 in the form of drops. It eases withdrawal symptoms and reduces the urge to drink alcohol. Does not cause symptoms of intoxication when taken with alcohol.

Treatment prognosis for alcoholism

Starting treatment at the first stage, you can be 70-80% sure that the disease will be cured. With an expressed desire to quit drinking and with good relationships in the family, this chance increases. At stage 2, the chance of 1 year without alcohol is only 50-60%.

Female alcoholism

Female alcoholism is much more terrible than male alcoholism. Due to physiological, endocrine and mental characteristics a woman drinks herself to death much faster, and her chance of recovery is much lower. Drinking men they treat and try to return her to the family, but the woman, basically, receives constant negative communication from those around her and even close people. They turn away from her, although the right medication, psychotherapy and the love of her family can help her return even from stage 2.

Women start drinking as a result of various, usually moral and everyday problems:

• sick children;
• seriously ill elderly parents;
• constant monotony in everyday life and at work;
• domestic violence;
• divorce or infidelity of the husband;
• problems at work;
• the desire to be closer to the alcoholic husband, to control the dose he drinks.

The last reason is very common. Starting from codependency with an alcoholic, she soon becomes the initiator of drinking, and degrades almost 2 times faster than a man. As a result, he initiates the divorce, leaving her with nothing.

Causes faster degradation:

• greater permeability of the barrier between the blood, where the alcohol enters, and the brain. As a result, neurons suffer faster and to a greater extent;
• a large amount of adipose tissue in women. Ethyl alcohol forms compounds with it, similar to ether for anesthesia, which causes pleasure from alcohol;
• Fewer enzymes that break down alcohol.

The stages of female alcoholism have some differences:

Stage 1. Positive attitude towards drinking, self-initiation of occasions. A woman drinks equally with men, persuades others to drink, and mocks those who do not drink at all or drink small amounts. She ends up drinking herself into unconsciousness every time. She drinks only those drinks that she likes (wine, liqueur, cognac).

A woman can drink secretly, hide from others, snack on alcohol with sweets and chewing gum, but the next morning she is severely tormented by a hangover. Memory lapses gradually appear, and the gag reflex disappears when drinking alcohol. Pseudo-binges can develop: they stop as soon as an important occasion arises (vacation or money runs out, an urgent matter needs to be completed). They happen 2-3 times a year.

Stage 2. True binges appear: you need to drink, because without ethanol your health worsens. “Heavy drinks” are used. A woman can drink in unfamiliar company or even alone. Her is changing appearance: In an attempt to hide changes in her face and skin, she wears a lot of makeup, resulting in a vulgar appearance.

At this stage there are alcoholic psychoses. A woman becomes aggressive, her moral standards decrease. Internal organs suffer.

Stage 3. Small doses are enough to cause intoxication; further consumption of alcohol does not change the situation. Attractiveness is completely lost, as the “lady” stops taking care of herself, even bathing and washing clothes. Delirium tremens due to alcohol withdrawal makes a woman aggressive and dangerous. She, unlike men, does not understand that she is dealing with hallucinations.

Treatment of female alcoholism is carried out according to the same principles as male alcoholism. The best option for a woman is treatment in specialized clinics for a long time. At the same time, psychological work is carried out with the woman’s relatives so that they try to support her and not blame her.

Beer alcoholism

In medicine there is no such thing as beer alcoholism. Doctors admit that this problem is now significant, since beer is considered safe, and even healthy drink. Because of this, beer is drunk more often, in larger quantities. In the meantime, it is more difficult to detox from beer (due to the presence of additives in it) than from vodka, moonshine or diluted alcohol.

The permissible dose of beer for men is 500 ml/day, for women – 330 ml/day, and you cannot drink it 2 days a week. However, TV screens show that beer is drunk in much larger quantities while doing ordinary household tasks: cooking, doing repairs, talking with friends.

Women drink beer, even children are happy to give it to them. It is easy to buy in any store and kiosk, even for a teenager.

Phytoestrogens contained in beer suppress the functioning of women's own sex hormones, making them more masculine: the voice becomes rougher, the face, figure and gait change. Phytoestrogens make men effeminate: a “beer belly” appears, female breast, problems with potency arise. A child, having seen such an attitude from his parents since childhood, considers drinking beer to be the norm.

The stages of beer alcoholism do not differ from those when drinking stronger drinks. His treatment is also not particularly specific; it should begin as early as possible, before the destruction of a person’s personality occurs.

If a decision has been made to treat alcoholism at home, then it is necessary to strictly adhere to a policy common to the entire family: both the person suffering from alcoholism and his entire family are a single monolith of winners. Under no circumstances should you even entertain the thought of defeat. We must constantly keep in mind that any retreat, depression or any attack of despair can lead to the death of a beloved husband, father of a family, or son. Moreover, most likely, this person knows a lot about the dangers of alcohol, and any idle conversations on this topic cause him nothing but irritation.

But in no way should you treat alcoholism on your own. Before you begin this important task, you need to contact a specialist. After the studies, as a rule, the patient is prescribed detoxification, which can be carried out for three days. While in his own home, the sick person receives special drug reopolyglucin, which contains vitamins PP, C and B. Thanks to these drugs, intensive cleansing of the liver, blood, and stomach is carried out. The remaining ethanol is removed from the human body, and in return it is filled with living energy. Moreover, after three days the physical craving for alcohol will completely stop. Detoxification is usually carried out in the form of IVs.

So, any first step related to treating alcoholism at home will be associated with the removal of acquired withdrawal syndrome. After all, if the patient is in a state of this syndrome, then he is not able to normally perceive the surrounding situation, and there is no point in carrying out treatment. After all, at this time the patient will think about only one thing: where to find a bottle to soothe his hangover.

Alcohol detoxification at home

In order to carry out detoxification at home, it is necessary to invite a specialist narcologist to the house. In fact, this is not such a complicated procedure, and it can be done directly at home. In order to carry out this procedure, saline (acesol, disol or NaCL 0.9%) or blood replacement solutions can be used, which must include vitamins. Thanks to these drugs, the concentration of salts necessary for normal life is restored in the blood of a sick person. In addition, the poisons accumulated during alcohol consumption are eliminated, and the general condition of the sick person noticeably improves.

If necessary, detoxification can be carried out without a specialist doctor. In this case, a favorable psychological environment should be created around the sick person. The patient should constantly be given plenty of drinks with vitamins (this can be fruit drinks, juices), salted mineral water, infusions of ginseng root, and kefir.

Experts do not mind if at this time the patient takes small doses of diuretic potassium-sparing drugs, such as Spironalactone or Triamterene. At this time, it is especially important to closely monitor the sick person. After all, it is at this moment that it is easiest for him to break loose and start drinking alcohol again in order to “improve his health.”

Once the body is cleansed of alcohol toxins, its condition will noticeably improve. At the same time, the patient will feel that his craving for alcohol has noticeably decreased. But you need to understand that the treatment is not over, and you should try to maintain a sober lifestyle.

Treating alcoholism with lemon at home

If we talk about traditional methods, the most effective treatment is lemon juice. If it is consumed as food, then even the most complete alcoholic will feel an aversion to alcoholic beverages.

It will take eighteen days to complete alcohol treatment at home. On the first day of this treatment, you should drink the juice of one lemon. The next day, add the juice of another lemon, and so on, every day, adding one citrus fruit. This should be done for nine days. After this, the amount of juice should be reduced by one lemon daily. That is, on the last - eighteenth day of treatment - you will need to drink the juice of one lemon. And in order for the result to be consolidated, a special session of suggestion against drinking alcohol should be held. But such treatment also has its contraindications. It is necessary to understand that lemon juice is an aggressive substance. And in the event that a patient with alcoholism has diseases gastrointestinal tract, then this method is categorically contraindicated for him.

Sour apples for alcoholism

Another method of treating alcoholism at home is to eat sour apples. Of course, such a method does not provide a 100% guarantee, but there are well-known cases where a patient with alcoholism was cured after eating three sour apples a day. True, before eating these apples, you need to stick seven nails into each of them and leave them like that for a day. Such treatment should last for six weeks.

Honey for alcohol addiction

Honey has a very interesting effect during the treatment of alcoholism. After all, the composition natural product contains maltose and sucrose, which give it a pleasant sweet taste. In addition, honey contains protein compounds. This is due to the action of the secretion of bee glands, as well as the properties of flower pollen.

In order to treat alcoholism with the help of honey, you must strictly adhere to certain rules. So, on the first day of treatment, the patient should take six teaspoons of food. Moreover, honey should only be used High Quality. After this, you should wait 20 minutes and again take six tablespoons of honey, and for the third time after twenty minutes, again take 6 tablespoons of selected honey. After two hours, this scheme should be completely repeated. Attention: on the first day of treatment, under no circumstances should you drink a drop of alcohol. But on the second day, in order to slightly stabilize the condition of a patient with alcoholism, you can give a little alcohol. True, this should only be done if the patient cannot do without alcohol.

During the second day of treatment, honey is taken exactly according to the same regimen. True, there are some differences: after the first portion of honey, the patient should be given easy for a person breakfast. But the last time on this day you should give not 6, but four tablespoons of honey.

The conclusion drawn from of this description: Treatment with honey takes place within two days. During this time, the patient should take approximately eighteen tablespoons of honey. That is, six spoons are eaten within an hour. For every such hour there are three servings of honey.

Why is honey so useful in the fight against alcoholism? The fact is that with constant consumption of alcohol, potassium is washed out of their body. Honey allows you to replenish the required amount. It is believed that if you often take honey in food, the craving for alcoholic beverages will noticeably decrease.

Soda in the fight against alcoholism at home

Soda, according to some experts, is not able to cure the patient completely, but it can help achieve the temporary effect necessary to take more radical remedies. A certain mixture is made from soda, which is given to the patient. One teaspoon of this mixture should be dissolved in one glass of water. In general, the desired effect is achieved with three to four glasses. During this time, a thorough cleaning of the patient’s internal organs is carried out. As a result, the patient will vomit, and his condition will gradually begin to improve. The soda will be extinguished into the stomachs with the help of gastric juice; it will decompose into water and carbon dioxide. In the process of accumulation of this carbon dioxide, the vessels (their walls) begin to expand. This process is very similar to the process of digesting food. Thanks to this, the production of additional gastric juice is stimulated. After this, you need to take a cup of coffee.

In order to cause the decomposition of ethyl alcohol, the human body has all the necessary factors. As a result of this decomposition, acetic acid and acetaldehyde are formed - acetaldehyde. These intermediate compounds are capable of shifting the body's pH from neutral to acidic. The result is acidosis. As you know, soda is an alkali, and with its help the pH shifts to an alkaline environment. Such movement has a beneficial effect on the entire human body as a whole.

As you know, any human digestive juice is alkaline. As a result of the activation of the alkalization mechanism, the decomposition of ethyl alcohol noticeably accelerates, and after this, the removal of all harmful components of ethyl alcohol accelerates. Today, treating alcoholism with soda at home is one of the most popular methods. True, such treatment is carried out using special staff, which is administered intravenously.

To combat hangover, use from three to ten grams of soda. They must be dissolved in a large amount of water. It is known that the worse a person is, the more soda he needs.

But there are certain subtleties in this method of treatment. So, you cannot use too much baking soda. It is especially not recommended to start treatment and then return to it again. This usually leads to the development of stomach ulcers or gastritis. After such a treatment session is carried out, you need to eat and drink plenty of liquid.

The root of the European hoof - a home remedy for treating alcoholism

To induce profuse, severe vomiting, you need to use the root of the European hoof. The result of its action is quite simple: after drinking alcohol, a person becomes very ill. But you need to know how to properly prepare a decoction of this root. To do this, take one teaspoon of the root and pour a glass of boiling water. The resulting mixture should be boiled for five minutes. Then the infusion should stand for one hour. The infusion can either be drunk separately or added to vodka. In order for it to begin to act, one tablespoon of infusion should be poured into 100 grams of vodka. The duration of treatment depends on how quickly the patient develops a persistent aversion to alcohol. But this infusion has a contraindication. It should not be used for angina pectoris or pregnancy.

Treating alcoholism at home with herbal remedies

It is necessary to immediately emphasize: this herbal mixture is special. It contains one teaspoon each of centaury and wormwood, as well as four teaspoons of creeping thyme. The resulting mixture must be crushed very well, then take one tablespoon and pour one glass of boiling water. Leave for two hours, then strain. The treatment regimen is as follows: half an hour before meals, three to four times a week, you should take one to two tablespoons. Treatment will take approximately three months. True, noticeable relief will come in about one to two weeks.

There is one fairly radical method of combating alcoholism at home. For this, a decoction of club moss is used (its shoots are taken). But we must warn you right away - this plant is poisonous. For one glass of water you need to take strictly ten grams of this plant. Pour one glass of water and boil for fifteen minutes. Then you should add boiled water to make 200 milliliters of broth. Take two tablespoons on an empty stomach. After this, after about 15-20 minutes, the patient should be given a small amount of alcohol. The result is very strong vomiting. A similar procedure should be carried out after one week. As practice shows, two or three sessions are enough for the patient to develop a very stable aversion to any alcohol.

But it must be emphasized once again that this plant is poisonous. If the patient has thyroid disease, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, bronchial asthma, stomach ulcer, tuberculosis or duodenal ulcer, then the use of this plant is strictly contraindicated.

A special tincture that causes a persistent aversion to alcohol

To create such a tincture, you will need lovage root (this plant can be found in almost any country house). The plant is finely chopped and placed in a jar (it can be absolutely anything). Add a few leaves to the chopped lovage bay leaf and all this is filled with water. This remedy should be infused for two weeks. Or you can take pumpkin seeds, clean them thoroughly and grind them using a blender. There should be about one glass of seeds. Pour the resulting mixture with vodka and keep in a dark place for at least one week. All such tinctures must be given under the guise of vodka (this means that the tincture must be poured into a vodka bottle). The patient should drink this “vodka” several times. The goal that is achieved in this case is simple: the patient achieves a persistent aversion to drinks containing alcohol. Moreover, from bay leaves the patient gets an upset stomach, and from pumpkin seeds- diarrhea and vomiting.

The use of birch firewood and sugar in the fight against alcohol addiction

If a sick person understands that he is dependent on alcohol and admits that something needs to be done about it, then the following treatment recipe can be used:
Take birch logs, dry them thoroughly and sprinkle them generously with sugar;
Light this wood and wait for the fire to burn;
As soon as the fire gains strength, it should be extinguished; smoke should appear;
A person suffering from alcoholism should breathe this smoke for five to ten minutes;
After this he receives one hundred grams of vodka.
Such treatment significantly weakens the sick person’s craving for alcoholic beverages. This method allows you to treat another problem at home - beer alcoholism.

Bearberry in the fight against alcoholism

A decoction of bearberry herb helps a lot in the fight against alcoholism.
Take 10 grams of dry leaves of this plant, pour one glass of boiling water;
The container with the herb is placed on low heat and boiled for fifteen to twenty minutes;
You need to take this decoction one tablespoon five to six times a day.
ethnoscience suggests using thyme, or thyme, or Bogorodskaya herb instead of this herb.

Cabbage for treating alcoholism at home

Almost every Russian housewife makes sauerkraut for the winter. Some people add beets, carrots or celery to it. If you add three teaspoons of green tea to every kilogram of cabbage, then during fermentation the cabbage will contain substances that significantly reduce the craving for alcohol.

How does Eastern medicine help in the fight against alcoholism?

By far the most effective means, allowing you to fight alcoholism at home, in Asian countries is green tea. In order to get a therapeutic effect, you need to drink this tea without sugar. True, in some cases honey or dried fruits are added. Moreover, it is necessary not only to drink such tea, but also to eat the leaves left after drinking tea.

People who are followers of Ayurveda think that alcoholism is the result of an imbalance in the human body. And balance needs to be restored. To do this, you should eat barberry, turmeric, aloe (this helps the liver), skull cap and brahmi to maintain mental activity. It must be emphasized that Vedic practitioners attach great importance not only to the treatment of physical ailments, but also psychological ones. They believe that a woman who lives with an alcoholic should under no circumstances hate him. After all, this will make him even worse. She should try to find the good traits in him and love them.

Moral support for an alcoholic

In general, when treating alcohol addiction, moral support for the drinker is of great importance. Quite often, an alcoholic does not admit that he has an alcohol addiction. At the same time, he assures that he can stop drinking at any time. And in this case, it is necessary to carry out very serious work, try to prove to the patient that all his troubles are his fault, and not his superiors, family or government.

In this case, you must try to speak in a calm tone, and not shout. After all, what happened has already happened, and it is impossible to change it. Therefore, you should continue to live. And the way out of this impasse is to treat alcoholism at home.

Find an alternative to alcohol

It is necessary to take into account that if a person drank for a long time and then quit, his lifestyle changes completely. And therefore, a void may form in his life. It is very important to fill this void, to find the person something interesting to do. But this activity should be incompatible with alcoholic beverages.

Yoga may be one of these activities. If you perform breathing exercises and asanas, then quite quickly a person’s energy will be restored and strength will appear. Such a person will feel the pleasure of a new life. And new interesting activities will appear to him on their own.

If a person believes in God, then he can visit churches more often, read books on the history of Christianity, and communicate with priests. Active people They can go hiking in nature or do quiet hunting and fishing. Women have another interesting activity: they begin to enthusiastically visit beauty salons and after that compare their photographs during the period of drunkenness and during the period of sobriety. The contrast is stark.

Of course, treating alcoholism at home is not an easy task. And in order to win this fight, it is necessary to unite the strength of all family members. And even if at first the sick person does not even imagine what he is about to experience. But after you all win this war together, he will understand what he was deprived of for a long time.

Almost every second family faces the problem of alcoholism. The worst thing is that almost half of the diseases that have to be dealt with are the treatment of female and adolescent alcoholism. At the same time, the person suffering from this disease never admits his dependence. This is the greatest danger of such a disease.

Like any other illness, alcoholism requires long-term and proper treatment. The most popular today is coding - a psychological invasion into a person’s subconscious using the power of words. Much less often they resort to medical, namely drug rehabilitation.

Unfortunately, many do not even suspect that it is much more effective to treat alcohol addiction possible at home. There are many ways in which the patient will not even suspect that he is already in the process of recovery. This is very important, because, as already mentioned, only a few drinkers admit that addiction to alcoholic beverages is a disease.

Treatment of alcoholism using herbal decoctions and tinctures

One of the most effective ways to get rid of alcoholism are various herbal tinctures. Typically, they are used to induce nausea and vomiting. First, they give you a few sips of the broth, then a glass of vodka. After a few minutes, attacks of nausea begin. This procedure is carried out three times a day for one month. An alcoholic develops an aversion to alcoholic beverages.

There are a large number of species herbal decoctions. Basically, the simplest and most common herbs are used for them. For example, this recipe: one tablespoon each of chopped centaury, thyme and wormwood. Then pour 250 gr. boiling water and leave for a couple of hours. This prepared mixture can be stored for use in the refrigerator for no more than four days.

One of the effective methods of treating alcohol addiction is a decoction of St. John's wort. It very quickly causes discomfort when drinking any alcoholic beverages. If it usually takes at least one month to get the first result, then when using St. John's wort tinctures changes for the better will be noticeable within 10-15 days. To prepare the decoction, you need to grind 4-5 tbsp. l. dried St. John's wort herbs and pour boiling water over them. After this, you need to keep it in a water bath for another half hour. Ready infusion to drink before meals in the morning and at lunch.

Also for the treatment of alcoholism, infusions of oats and calendula, honey, lovage and bay leaves are used using the same principle.

Other At-Home Treatments for Alcohol Addiction

In addition to rum decoctions and herbal tinctures, there are many other methods to get rid of constant cravings for alcohol at home. Such means include birch smoke. Before lighting it, you need to carefully cover the birch firewood with sugar. The patient is allowed to breathe this smoke. Then they force him to drink some alcohol. After several such procedures, he will become intolerant to any alcoholic beverages.

You can also do alcoholism coding at home. It is clear that few people have hypnotistic abilities. Therefore, they turn to specialists to conduct such a session. But this procedure can be done by anyone when an alcohol addict is sleeping. Hypnotists artificially put the patient into a half-asleep state in order to convince him of something. You can contact the patient with a request not to drink during his natural sleep. The most important thing is to speak firmly, with conviction, but not rudely. No need to beg! Make him understand the harm that drunkenness brings, first of all, to himself.

Whatever method you choose, you must always remember to support and understand the patient. Don't take out your own anger and rage on him. Try to convince the alcohol dependent person through normal conversation. It is necessary to quietly destroy all possible reasons for drinking. Replace alcoholic drinks with others that are no less tasty for him.

Remember - together it is always easier to fight any disease. And even more so, in a familiar and cozy environment. Therefore, do not rush to resort to extreme measures. Fight the “green snake” already at the first stages of the disease at home. It is not for nothing that there is a proverb that even the walls of a house help.

Authorship: I bought this note from journalist Savina Natalia Vladimirovna, ...I was interested in the fact that she usually writes on assignment, but here she wrote it on her own urge (apparently she was boiling). I think there is some grain of truth in the article. But you need to be very careful with St. John’s wort: first find out more about it. For example, herbalists do not recommend using it yourself. And in general, the topic “herbal medicine in the treatment of alcoholism” requires a huge, high-quality article, revealing all the nuances.

Alcoholism- a disease that occurs as a result of frequent and excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages, a morbid addiction to them. With acute intoxication, agitation, excessive talkativeness and mobility occur, attention and self-control are impaired, and with chronic alcoholism, mental degradation of the personality progresses, and one of the acute psychoses develops - delirium tremens.

In a narrow medical sense, alcoholism (drunkenness) (“alcohol” in Arabic means “intoxicating”) is a disease that occurs as a result of frequent, excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages and a morbid addiction to them. In a broad sense, it is the totality of all related harmful influences to your health, labor activity, behavior in everyday life. Alcohol is a narcotic poison.

During acute intoxication, alcohol, quickly absorbed from the stomach and entering the blood, acts primarily on the nerve cells of the brain. First of all, this causes a violation of attention and self-control. Therefore, when intoxicated, rationality of actions and thoughtfulness of actions are lost; hence the excitement that occurs at the beginning of intoxication, excessive talkativeness and mobility. For many who consume alcohol, intoxication manifests itself in frivolity, a sense of complacency, etc. Gradually depressing the central nervous system the effect of alcohol progresses: the ability to perceive irritations is lost, pain sensitivity decreases, loss of coordination of movements occurs (the characteristic gait of a drunk), slurred speech. Finally comes the hard and deep dream, often with subsequent loss of memory of what is happening. The duration of acute intoxication usually does not exceed 4-6 hours. A dose of 7-8 g of pure alcohol per 1 kg of weight is lethal for a person.

Chronic alcoholism - painful condition, which occurs as a result of excessive long-term consumption of alcoholic beverages, it is accompanied by a number of persistent negative changes in the body: degeneration nerve cells, a disorder of the liver and kidneys, resulting in systematic poisoning of the body with poisons that are formed as a result of metabolic disorders. Chronic alcoholism often leads to mental degradation or manifests itself in mental illness. One of the acute psychoses that occurs under the influence of chronic alcohol consumption is known as delirium tremens. Closely linked to alcoholism different kinds drug addiction.

An addiction to drinking is dangerous not only for the health of the drinker; children conceived while intoxicated often also become alcoholics. Among them, many have physical disabilities, suffer from mental retardation and poor health.

Currently there are many different medical methods alcoholism treatment that produces successful results. The main guarantee of such success is a strong desire to wean yourself from drunkenness and the willpower demonstrated at the same time.

Phytotherapy

To treat acute intoxication, use drugs that reduce the effects of alcohol on the body: a cup of black or green tea with mint, black coffee, a glass of cucumber or cabbage juice, brine, a cup of hot coffee with salt.

Taking herbal medicines to wean yourself off frequent alcohol consumption can be recommended only after the patient desires to give up bad habit. They use centaury, thyme, bearberry, club moss, milk thistle, St. John's wort, mint, wormwood, calamus, juniper, chaga, aspen bark or a collection of herbs.

Traditional recipes for treating alcoholism:

These folk recipes for decoctions and infusions to get rid of addictions are used if there is a strong desire to eliminate the addiction directly from the patient through self-medication.

Herbal collection No. 1. Mix yarrow herb with wormwood, St. John's wort and mint in equal parts. Add finely chopped angelica root and juniper berries to the mixture. Brew a dessert spoon of the mixture with a glass of boiling water, leave for 10 minutes. Drink a glass of the product four times a day. It is better to use freshly cut herbs rather than dried.

Herbal mixture No. 2. Mix 4 tablespoons. spoons of creeping thyme with centaury and wormwood, taken 1 teaspoon each. 1 table is separated from the collection. spoon and pour 1 tbsp. boiling water Wait 1 hour for it to brew, then strain. Drink the decoction 20 minutes before meals in an amount of 1-2 tablespoons. spoons

Bay leaf. 2 bay leaves are added to 250 ml of vodka. The infusion is kept warm for a couple of weeks. A dependent person can take 2-3 tbsp. spoons of infusion before meals. Bay leaf promotes stomach upset and vomiting, which completely discourages the craving for alcohol. It is recommended to drink it for a week - 10 days every day.

Bearberry decoction. 2 table. spoons of bearberry leaf are poured with a glass of boiling water. Place on fire and wait for it to boil. The broth is cooled. Take 1 table. spoon 6 times a day. The timing of meals does not affect the intake of the decoction. This method has shown its effectiveness in curing beer alcoholism. This folk remedy for alcoholism involves treatment for 2 months.

Oats and calendula. Pour unpeeled oats into a 3-liter saucepan up to the middle. Water is poured on top, filling the oats to the top. The pan is placed on the stove and brought to a boil, after which it is boiled for another half hour - 40 minutes. The broth is drained and 100 g of calendula flowers are added to it. Cover with a lid, wrap and place in a warm place. After 12 hours, the broth is filtered. Decoction intake: 200 g before meals three times a day. An aversion to alcoholic beverages appears on the 3rd or 4th day.

Application of curly sorrel. Table. pour boiling water over a spoonful of curly sorrel root, then boil for about 5 or 7 minutes under the lid. The broth is wrapped and left for three hours. A folk remedy for alcohol for self-medication is taken 6 times a day, 1 table. spoon. Folk remedies made from sorrel help to get out of binge drinking and cause a persistent dislike of drunkenness.

Treatment with ram. 10 g of lamb branches are poured into 200 g of boiling water and boiled for a quarter of an hour over low heat. The decoction is consumed in an amount of 2 tablespoons. spoons along with alcohol. Taking this medication should cause nausea and vomiting. After 3-4 procedures of drinking this drink, a feeling of reflexive aversion to alcohol arises. Before you start treatment with ram, you need to pause from drinking alcohol for at least 4 days.

If the drinker himself has a clearly expressed desire to cope with drunkenness, these methods will be more effective.

Treatment for drunkenness anonymously

Very often, an alcoholic does not consider himself such, and even more so refuses the proposed treatment (he does not consider self-medication), ignoring the helping hand of a loved one extended to him. Then the only way out of the situation for his relatives is the decision to treat the alcoholic without his knowledge.

Tincture of nut earrings. Earrings from the nut are collected at the moment of their blossoming. A 0.5 liter bottle is filled three-quarters full with earrings, adding vodka to the top. The infusion is kept for 10 days in the dark. After this, the finished infusion is placed in a bottle in a clearly visible place where the patient could notice and drink it. Then you can give the infusion to drink at certain intervals, thereby forming a persistent aversion to vodka.

Medicine from the shell of crayfish. crayfish boiled and released from the shells. The shells are washed into powder, which is then mixed into the patient’s food, half a teaspoon three times a day. The powder has its effect after drinking alcohol: nausea and vomiting appear. The drug is used until the person being treated completely gives up drinking.

Wormwood with thyme. These herbs can be used as a drug for alcoholism, both independently of each other and together. To collect: wormwood is mixed with thyme in the same ratio (1/1). Three table. spoons of the mixture are poured with boiling water (1 glass), left for 1 hour. The prepared decoction is added to dishes and drinks that the patient consumes or mixed directly into vodka. The combination of alcohol and decoction leads to severe stomach upset, nausea and causes vomiting. The course of treatment ranges from 5 days to two weeks, depending on the individual condition of the patient.

Pepper tincture. 20 g of red capsicum powder is poured into 0.5 liters of alcohol (vodka). The tightly closed container is left in a dark place for two weeks. The bottle is shaken periodically while the contents are infused. The finished infusion is filtered and mixed with wine, which the patient drinks. Add 3 drops of tincture to 1 liter of wine. After the container is completely empty, the craving for alcohol should completely disappear.

Oleander. Oleander leaves (5 pieces) are crushed and poured with 0.5 liters of vodka. The infusion is kept for 10 days, after which it is filtered. A person suffering from drunkenness is given 50 g per day to drink as an alcoholic. After taking 2.5 liters of infusion, the craving for drinking will disappear.

With a similar approach, any folk remedy with wormwood, based on lovage, European hoofed grass, and hellebore water is used to treat addiction to drunkenness.

Other home treatment options

To reduce cravings for alcohol, resort to treatment folk remedies. That is, they use standard products, causing aversion to alcohol and stronger body resistance.

If you decide to help to a loved one who drinks, then you can make kombucha at home. Mushroom infusion significantly reduces the craving for alcohol. Drink one glass of infused mushroom several times a day for a week.

A teaspoon of lovage (crushed root) and two bay leaves are poured into a glass of vodka and kept for two weeks. The strained infusion is given to the patient 1 teaspoon 4 times a day. This folk method promotes an aversion to drunkenness.

Treatment with honey. Application folk ways Treatments with honey and its products are based on the fact that the desire for vodka can be caused by a lack of potassium in a man’s body. Constant intake of honey as a source of potassium neutralizes the intention to drink, helping to restore the body from the effects of alcohol. Every 20 minutes for 1 hour, give the patient 6 teaspoons to eat (18 tablespoons in 1 hour). Then they pause for 2 hours. After which the procedure with taking honey is repeated. For breakfast on the second morning, the alcoholic is again given honey in the same amount (you can get a hangover before taking honey). After breakfast, another 6 teaspoons are served. If the process is repeated for 3-4 days, an aversion to vodka and wine will appear.

Apples, which have a sour taste, significantly reduce the craving for vodka if you eat three of them every day. Treatment with apples continues for 6 weeks, while it makes sense to follow a diet.

Treatment with lemon juice. On an empty stomach, drink freshly squeezed juice of 5 lemons, which is mixed with a couple of tablespoons of granulated sugar and 100 ml of water. The acid contained in lemon will relieve cravings for alcohol if you use lemon for a month and a half. This method is contraindicated for those who suffer from ulcers of the stomach and duodenum.

A mixture of cabbage and pomegranate juice(quite an effective way). Prepare two freshly squeezed juices: one from fresh cabbage, the other from pomegranate seeds. It is better to prepare juices yourself at home, rather than buying ready-made juices from the store. Mix and give in this form four times a day, half a glass before meals. The recipe can be varied by adding half a glass to the juices apple cider vinegar. Everyone is boiling. After cooling, the product is taken 1 table at a time. spoon before every meal. Efficiency this method This is proven by the reviews of people who took it.

Perga ( bee bread) is considered very effective means getting rid of addiction. It is especially worth noting the fact that by using this remedy, you will significantly reduce the consequences of mental trauma. And all this becomes noticeable after 2-3 days from the start of the course. Half an hour before meals, take 0.5 teaspoons of beebread and 0.5 teaspoons of honey. Do not swallow it immediately: the product is kept in the mouth longer, dissolving it. And the therapeutic effect is obtained precisely due to this. Take 3 times a day. For prevention – 3 times a week. The use of bee bread has a positive effect on blood circulation in the brain, reducing the need for alcohol, and improving liver function.

Taking tea. Mix in equal proportions: yarrow, wormwood, mint. Mix the collection with the roots of angelica and calamus (0.5 parts each) with juniper fruits. The entire mixture is crushed. Brew tea at the rate of: 1 tbsp. boiling water, take 1 handful of prepared collection. The patient is given tea for 10 days to two weeks, four times a day. Then they stop for five days and repeat the course. It is possible to treat with tea for two to five months, until the craving for alcohol disappears.

It is possible to use medicinal teas for long-term treatment of the effects of alcohol intoxication. The composition of drink 31 for alcoholism includes herbs that make tea more beneficial than simple black or green tea. All components are added to the tea and infused for 30 minutes or heated for a quarter of an hour. The lists of herbs used to make tea are varied:

Rose hips, currant leaves, wild strawberries, thyme, blackberries (in equal parts) are added to black tea and allowed to brew;

apple peels are boiled in water for a quarter of an hour over low heat, sometimes dry citrus zest is added 3 minutes before the end of cooking, and the mixture is added to tea;

in equal parts centaury and azan, the method of preparation is still the same.