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General Surgeon•Chennai
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Alcohol is a central nervous system depressant. True or False. Take this quiz to know now!
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Last Updated: 6 years ago • Featured Quiz
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General Physician•Bangalore
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An alcoholic needs to hit rock bottom before being able to quit and recover. True or False. Take this quiz to know now!
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General Physician•Durg
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An alcoholic needs to hit rock bottom before being able to quit and recover. True or False. Take this quiz to know now!
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Last Updated: 7 years ago • Featured Quiz
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General Physician•Mahabubnagar
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If you are trying to quit alcohol, you should stick to beers and wines. True or False. Take this quiz to know now!
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Cardiologist•Alappuzha
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After an hour of drinking, you can drive back home. True or False. Take this quiz to know now!
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Psychiatrist•Chennai
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Alcohol dependence involves intense craving or desire to drink alcohol. People drink for pleasure or rationalize it on external factors like family problems, work tension, etc. They drink continuously, i.e. Almost daily or even weekly once or twice with withdrawal symptoms, tolerance, bodily damage, etc.
You need to consult a psychiatrist and go for 3 steps of de addiction. 1st is detoxification, when alcohol is stopped and the withdrawal is made smooth with minimal discomfort, 2 nd is maint...more
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Homeopath•Murshidabad
Dear lybrate user,
you may need a bit of willpower to stop your habit of drinking alcohol permanently. You could easily abstain yourself from alcohol during the initial 2-3 days. But after few days of abstaining from alcohol you will feel a strong craving to drink just one peg of alcohol whenever you face any tense situation.
Here lies your real test. You cannot satisfy yourself with just only one peg. You will need a lot of willpower to resist that craving & face any tense situation wit...more
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Psychologist•Delhi
You should enroll him in organizations like Alcohol Anonymous. Where there are groups of people with similar problems. They discuss, express there problems and also share stories how they got out of it. This acts as effective tools for behavior modification and de-addiction.
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General Physician•Mumbai
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Dear lybrateuser,
-It is better to avoid alcohol if you do not take, as after starting it becomes a habit & the intake also keeps increasing
-it adds only empty calories to the diet which can increase weight along with the snacks which one has, also increases body & blood fat which is harmful for the body .
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Asked for male, 28 years old from Hyderabad
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MBBS, MD - Psychiatry

Psychiatrist•Delhi
Hello. There are many medicines available for alcohol de-addiction. The treatment in a specific case is individualized after detailed assessment and investigations. He will also require MET/ motivational interviewing. So consult a mental health specialist/ De-addiction expert for this issue. Best wishes.
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