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The Painful truth of Alcoholism
By Assam on June 12, 2008
Do you feel like you’re drinking too much? Have you ever considered the idea that you may be an alcoholic? If you have, and you have repeatedly denied it to yourself and to others, then you may indeed be suffering from alcoholism.
Alcoholism is hard to detect because it creeps into your lifestyle like a silent monster. If you don’t counter alcoholism early, it will destroy your life. That’s why you need to look out for signs of the condition. When you don’t even need friends, and you don’t need an environment with many people drinking, but still choose to drink, and alone at that - you may be an alcoholic. Drinking alone is no laughing matter. It shows how much you want to drink so badly.
When there are no chances for drinking, and when there are no friends who invite you over for some shots of alcohol, and especially when you’re not even allowed to drink either by age, because of work, or because your parents do not allow you to, but still find a way to escape and drink - you may be an alcoholic.
When you depend on alcohol because you believe you will function better, and when you start feeling like alcohol is a vitamin supplement that you need to get you working - you may be an alcoholic.
When you feel the need to drink because time or work would not allow you to, but still choose to drink secretly - you may be an alcoholic.
When your mother, or your employer, or concerned friends confront you about your drinking habits, and you feel furious and trespassed because of it - you may be an alcoholic.
Then you start losing your appetite for food. Somehow, foods you love don’t taste as good as before. And those that you didn’t find special before, there’s no way in the world you’re eating them now. You’d rather have alcohol three or more times a day. This behavior is a sure sign of alcoholism.
Alcoholism will not only alter your behavior, it will also modify your physical self. First, you will start skipping bath times and then you don’t take them at all. Your hygiene becomes very poor, and people start getting disgusted of you because of it.
When in the morning you tremble, shiver and shake because you feel too weak without alcohol intake - you may be an alcoholic.
If you have these symptoms, stop denying your condition. Be brave, take a hold of your life, and go to a rehabilitation center. This is not only for your own benefit, but also for the people who are special to you.
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