Tuesday 27 January 2015

By Ines Flores





You might find someone overdoing something or becoming attached to something which is not normal, such a person is an addict to that thing and he or she requires help to overcome the addiction. Some of the common things that might turn one into an addict are shopping, drugs, drinking liquor, watching television etc. And it is because of these addictions that rehabilitation centers have been built to help such people. Drinking addicts are the commonest and that is why there were reasons for alcoholic intervention Lafayette CA and worldwide.



Alcoholic intervention is helping someone who has a drinking problem of alcohol overcome it while alcoholism is the problem itself of drinking beer/liquor. The person who is addicted to drinking beer is referred to as an alcoholic.



The following are signs of a person who is becoming an addicted drunkard. At the beginning they are unable to control the amount of liquor they are consuming, they experience some withdrawal symptoms like shaking, vomiting, headache and nausea. They find a secluded place or hide just to drink, lose interest in things that are not related to drinking.



Helping an addict is an important step in recovery especially if she or he is a loved one. A common characteristic they are likely to display when they are told of the help they will be getting; they become violent and make threats, make promises that they will quit drinking which they do not fulfill, they are very manipulative in that they lie to have stopped drinking which is not true etc.



It will be beneficial to take an addict to a rehabilitation center or bring in an expert because the person or people are not familiar with the addict and they tend to be behaved around them. As the addict goes through rehabilitation; at first they find it hard and start shaking, they lose concentration and promise to quit if they are only given a few drops of liquor, withdraw themselves from others and even fight everyone or anything around them.



Some addicts are not so lucky like others who have gone to rehab and overcome their addiction because the rehab centers are expensive. One can decided to be self disciplined and overcome the addiction by himself by reducing the amount that he or she takes, make someone to watch him and ensure that they do not drink at all times etc. But self discipline is difficult and has worked just for a few people, many are the ones who have relapsed.



The government of Lafayette CA has identified this problem and has ensured that addicts get the help they require by building more rehabilitation centers and making sure they reasonably are affordable so that they addicts can become better persons in the future.



An addiction can be something easy to overcome and at the same time difficult. It is easy when one has identified that he or she has a problem and is ready to correct it and difficult when one refuses help. Alcoholics should not be discarded as useless people but as people who can be better and of help to us once they overcome their addiction.









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