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My father has a bad habit of drinking alcohol. He drinks too much alcohol. It's been more than 20 years he is addicted to alcohol and drinks everyday. Sometimes its normal but sometimes I don't know what happens to him he began to take much more amount of alcohol everyday like 1 or more bottle. I have also tried Ayurveda medicines like No addiction and addiction free but no big results were seen. We gave him in food without knowing him. Whenever he decreases the quantity of alcohol or quit alcohol for some time like for 1-2 weeks he can't sleep properly and become kinda depressed. But most of the time he drinks regularly everyday from the beginning of the day and sometimes he exceeds the limit too much that it becomes difficult for him to remain without alcohol. Please help. He is not ready to take any medicine nor treatment in any center. Our family is too depressed. We tried everything to make them understand but it doesn't make difference for him. All he wanted is to drink till his death. He is more than 50 years old.
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Dr. Sasha Raikhyyrs exp
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Dear your father is suffering from alcohol dependence. Apart from dependence and craving, he has developed tolerance ,so he needs high amount to achieve the same psychological effect. He needs proper treatment for deaddiction and plus motivational enhancement therapy to help him stay abstinent. You need to talk to some psychiatrist for same ,the one who can plan holistic treatment for deaddiction. Hope it helps you.
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