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ALCOHOL ADDICTION / ALCOHOLISM

Drug and alcohol addiction is a serious matter that can lead a person down a slippery slope, paving the way to the loss of everything that is important including their job, their home, their loved ones and even their life. Drug addiction is not the simple, straightforward problem that is depicted in the “Just say NO” and “ War of Drugs” campaigns. It is a complex multifaceted condition that has many contributing factors that these failed campaigns never addressed with their simple slogans and military tactics. In order to successfully treat addiction it is important to treat the roots causes of the disorder, not merely battle the symptoms.

Your everyday addict is generally not the stereotypical homeless junkie, or out of control party girl that we find on the television set, but instead probably comes across as a regular person who has a job and responsibilities. The slippery slope of drug and alcohol abuse can start of rather casually, with the person first being a social user, then perhaps an occasional user before becoming chronically substance dependent.  Months, even years can pass before the addiction can take its toll robbing the person of their former life and leaving them an empty shell. An addict might be able to hold onto their job, pay their rent and stay in a relationship for an extended period of time. Just because someone is not a homeless junkie willing to do anything for one more fix, does not mean they do not have a problem.
Prescripton drugs and alcohol are perhaps two of the most serious addiction problems that plague this nation of ours. In today’s world we have a pill for everything that ails us and we are encouraged by the pharmaceutical conglomerates to take them without even thinking about the consequences or side effects that are listed off in ultra rapid succession at the very end of the ad.. Seeking to curb even the slightly troublesome children, our educators are eager to suggest to parents that their kid may have ADHD and to force Ritalin upon them turning a rambunctious class into a room full of dazed zombies. Future historians might even look upon this generation as the “Age of Pill Popping”.  It is not  really hard to fathom why we have such a problem with pill abuse in this country.  Prescription drugs are now a widely accepted form of treatment and people seldom question the motives of the medical establishment when the suggest it as a form of treatment. Kids and teens also now that the next good “buzz” that they are looking for just might be in their grandmother’s medicine cabinet.

Alcoholism is one of the most common addictions out there, with more and more people needing alcohol addiction treatment with each passing day.

Alcoholism is another disorder that is accepted as state of normalcy in this country. People do not frown upon “Joe six pack” who goes to the local bar for a few rounds  during happy  hour after a hard days work. Societal binge drinking during sporting events or parties is also looked upon as a harmless fun as long as the person does not drive.  While downing a six or twelve pack of beer every night might seem harmless, doing so night after night, month after month, and year after year can and will lead to a severe alcohol addiction problem. Ironically, perhaps the best slogan to use for the fight against drug and alcohol addiction, is the one that Smokey the Bear uses to prevent forest fires. As simplistic as it sounds, “Only you can prevent alcohol and drug addiction”, is probably the best statement anyone can make about the subject.  Drug and Alcohol addiction are probably the only diseases that people actually choose to get. Each addict  started off as a person with free will who made the choice to start drinking and doing drugs and eac addict need to realize that they have the same freedom to stop abusing inside of them. While you can blame society, genetics, the pharmaceutical and beverage establishments, for helping lead you onto the path of self-destruction, it is ultimately you who made the choice to start. It is up to you to choose to stop.   


ALCOHOL ALLERGY AND ASIAN FLASH CURE

Does your face turn red when you drink alcohol?

If your answer is YES, then you will find out how to change your social life forever by learning how to cure your alcohol red face reaction, otherwise known as 'Asian Flush', 'Asian Glow' or 'Alcohol Flush Reaction'.

    * Prevent your face from turning red after drinking alcohol
    * Prevent wheezy breathinig and increased pulse rate often experienced with the alcohol red face reaction.
    * Reduce the likelihood of alcohol related dizziness, nausia and headaches that also usualy accompany the alcohol red face reaction.
    * Increase overall alcohol tolerance and reduce the effect of hangovers.
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HEALTH TIP

If you are intoxicated in the morning after drinking alcohol the day before and have a horrible headache,  dissolve 3-5 drops of liquid ammonia in 1 cup of warm water and drink everything in one gulp. It will help.

BEAUTY TIP

An addiction to alcohol may be caused by a lack of potassium in the body. Honey is a great source of potassium and it also helps to stay sober, if you take 1 tablespoon of it before drinking alcohol.

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HOME REMEDIES FOR ALCOHOL ADDICTION

The most effective way to treat alcoholism in folk medicine is to evoke a repugnance to alcohol.

1. Some herbalists succesfully use the following mix of herbs: mix 4 parts wild thyme, 1 part Centaury herb and 1 part wormwood herb. Take 1 tablespoon of the mix, add 1 cup of boiling water, boil it for 5 minutes, let it cool and filter it. Drink 1 tablespoon of the extract 3 times a day before meals for 2 months. Take a 1 month break and repeat the treatment.

2. Wild thyme waterbased  extract combined with alcohol causes nausea and vomiting and helps to get out of the habbit of drinking.
Take 3 tablespoons of wild thyme, add 1 cup of boiling water and let it sit for 1 hour. An alcoholic should take 1 tablespoon of the extract 3-4 times a day. Or you can add just a little bit of the extract to alcohol without telling an alcoholic about it.

3. Very effective remedy:
Take 1 lovage root and 2 laurel leaves, add 250 ml of vodka and leave it in a dark place for 14 days. Let an alcoholic drink a whole glass. Usually even 1 time is enough to stop an alcohol addiction, but you may do it 2-3 times.

4. Berberis  juice and berries have an anti alcoholic effect. Take 100 ml of berberis juice or 100 g of the berries a day.

5. Maral root, or Rhaponticum, (Rhaponticum carthamoides) very effectively helps with chronic alcoholism, impotency, depression and chronic fatigue syndrome.
Maral root contributes to an increase of muscle mass,
- reinforces contractions of the heart muscles,
- improves blood circulation in muscles and brain,
- increases resistance to oxygen starvation,
- elevates the ability and mobility of spermatozoids in vitro,
- prevents development of experimental hyper and hypoglycemia, leukocytosis, leucopoenia, erythrocytosis and erythropenit,
- improves transmition of impulse interneuronal synapse depressed by the drug sodium barbital,
- neutralizes the suppressive effect on the brain by sodium barbital,
- restores the capacity to focus, concentrate and perform mental work in men while mentally fatigued,
- increases the resistance to the common cold,
- protects nuclear chromatin in chromosome component in liver cells against free radical oxidation induced by tetrachloromethane,
- restores phospholipids og liver mitochondria pathologically changed by insulin insufficiency.
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Prepare a maral root tincture: take 1 table spoon of the root, add 250 ml of vodka and leave it in a dark place for 7 days. Take 15-20 drops of the maral root tincture mixed with water 2-3 times a day 20 minutes before meals for 3 weeks.

6. Ginger essential oil helps to treat an alcohol addiction. Use 2-3 drops of ginger essential oil for an aromalamp, 1-2 drops - for inhalations, take 1-2 drops of it mixed with 1 teaspoon of honey 2-3 times a day. Warning: some people may have an allergic reaction to ginger essential oil.

Cleansing the liver
The liver of an alcoholic suffers more than any other organs of the body. Alcoholism leads to chronic jaundice or hepatitis or cirrosis. It is recommended to cleanse the liver from toxins.
Here are the easiest ways:
- follow rice and vegetanle diet for 2 weeks.
- drink rosehip tea.
 One of the best herbs to cleanse the liver is Milk Thistle.

1.  You can take supplements with Milk Thistle (The suggested dose of milk thistle is generally 12 to 15 grams of dried herb (200 to 400 mg silymarin) per day or silymarin-phosphatidylcholine complex 100 to 200 mg two times per day. For liver protection, 120 mg silymarin (about 2 capsules) two times per day. For liver damage from alcohol, drugs, or chemicals, the recommended dosage of silymarin-phosphatidylcholine should be increased from two times per day to three times per day)

2. Drink Milk Thistle tea

3. Drink a mix of 1 part Milk Thistle seeds and 1 part St.John's wort herb (1 teaspoon of the mix for 1 cup of boiling water, let it sit for 15 minutes)
High blood pressure caused by alcohol can lead to a stroke. Many alcoholics have a heart attack. Some signs of it are a shortness of breathing and swollen feet. 

More tips:
When you treat an alcohol addiction it is recommended to stengthen the immune system.

Alcohol drinks should be avoided. It is recommended to bath the body with cold water or sponge the body down with cold water.

It is recommended to drink coffee substitudes made of barley, chicory or rye. Avoid pork, spices, pike (fish) and cabbage soup in the diet.


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