Alcohol abuse health problems

July 4, 2017

Alcohol abuse health problems can easily be put under control only when you make a decision of quitting

Alcohol abuse health problems: How alcoholism can complicate your health?

Despite the known alcohol abuse health problems, it is not an illicit substance. All authorities across the globe acknowledge the effects of alcohol but they are not just bold enough to do the right thing other than keep blaming institutions of not doing enough to contains the disasters influenced by excessive consumption of alcohol. It is worrying seeing how life is lost in the full view of our authorities who have allowed this substance to be used freely. It is also in their knowledge that even though they have put a certain ceiling of the quantity to consume, the substance is so addictive that when tasted, no one will remember the recommended units allowed for a daily consumption. Because of this alcoholism and alcohol abuse have become the order of the day. Lives are lost, people are arrested and more are arrested yet drinking is increasing minute after minute daily.

How then do we address this issue of alcoholism and alcohol abuse? We spoke to Doctor Dalal Akoury MD. President and founder of AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center to shed some light about this calamity befalling our nations. According to this great addiction expert, no one will be able to accurately tell when they are crossing the line from the so-called moderate or social drinking to problematic drinking. It is one problem that will continue to be there unless the policy makers come up with something else that is acceptable and implementable. From her experience, she acknowledges that alcoholism and alcohol abuse is no respecter of anyone and so long as you are practicing what is known as social drinking, you are truly a candidate of alcoholism and alcohol abuse. If you want to be safe from this problem, the first thing to do is to be informed and understand what it takes to overcome this disturbing problem.

Alcohol abuse health problems: Understanding alcoholism and alcohol abuse

Experts from AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center under the able leadership of doctor Dalal Akoury agree that alcoholism and alcohol abuse are as a result of several factors including your social environment, emotional health, genetics among very many other factors. There are certain communities or racial groups who are at more risk than others like the Native Alaskans and American Indians. Again if you come from a family where drinking is part of people’s lives or if you are hanging out with people who drink, then your risk of becoming alcoholic is much higher. Besides these, it has also been established that those individuals who are suffering from mental health complications like depression, anxiety or bipolar disorders are at risk to self-medicate their conditions using alcohol further putting them at the more vulnerable situation of being addicted to alcohol. With this piece of information, you can now carry out a self-evaluation and ascertain whether you are at risk of not says doctor Akoury.

Alcohol abuse health problems: Assessing possibilities of having a drinking problem

From the list below you will be able to tell if you’re developing a drinking problem if you can identify with any of these factors:

Blackout or forget what you did while you were drinking.
Feel guilty or ashamed about your drinking.
Have friends or family members who are worried about your drinking.
Lie to others or hide your drinking habits.
Need to drink in order to relax or feel better.
Regularly drinking more than you intended to.

If these communicate to you anything, then you may want to consult with the experts from AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center for further professional advice,

Alcohol abuse health problems: How alcoholism can complicate your health?

Drunk young man resting head on bar counter

Stopping alcoholism effects

July 3, 2017

Stopping alcoholism general effects is not just an option but a must do thing if you want to live a healthy life

Stopping alcoholism general effects: Substance abuse

Stopping alcoholism general effects is not a walk in the path. The introduction of alcohol use is always simple, attractive and appears harmless. It all begins with an introductory simple sip which appears to be very harmless as it is taken then the simplicity gains momentum from the influence of your friends and it is no longer a simple sip but a simple drink and because you want to fit in and be counted, you join the club of belonging. You are now accepted and you feel well placed and can be counted among your peers. However, in doing all these, you have just started the journey of health problems and complications which will also start in almost the same way you got into alcohol consumption. Health complications will also start in very simple ways and as you continue drinking they graduated from one level to another.

Dear reader, alcohol consumption is not good for your health says doctor Dalal Akoury MD, President, and founder of AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center. When it comes to protecting your health, the sentiment “responsible drinking’ has no value. With addictive substances, there is nothing like that. The effects of alcohol are costly and complicated that, if you are not drinking please stay that way and if you are drinking already, all is not lost. However, you need to make a quick decision and stop what you call responsible drinking and move to responsible healthy living. We appreciate that this may not be everyone’s cup of tea and therefore, you will need professional advice from the house of experts at AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center by scheduling an appointment with doctor Akoury for the commencement of your recovery process. Meanwhile, for a better understanding, we are going to interrogate some of the effects of alcohol for a better understanding of the magnitude as follows:

Heart disease and stroke
Cancer
Effects on the lungs
Skin, muscle and bone disorder
Weight and diabetes
Central and Peripheral Nervous System and Mental Functioning
Vitamins and mineral deficiencies

Stopping alcoholism general effects: Heart disease and stroke

For the purpose of this article, we are going to narrow down on the first two (heart disease and stroke and cancer), while addressing the difference in our subsequent articles. While it may be true that when people drink moderately there is the possibility of some improvement of health by reduction of certain risk factors like increasing HDL i.e. good cholesterol levels. This is only minimal and it is subject to consuming one or two units of alcohol daily. It is important to understand that this does not in any way indicate that drinking alcohol unilaterally reduce cardiovascular risk because excessive consumption will definitely affect your health negatively. Alcohol is a toxic substance has the ability to damage the heart muscles making heart disease to be the leading cause of death among alcoholics.

Stopping alcoholism general effects: Cancer

Alcohol abuse and dependence may increase the risk for certain type of cancers like mouth, throat, esophageal, gastrointestinal, liver, and colorectal, cancers. When it comes to some of these risks there are no safe limits and the dangers are realistic even with very minimal consumption having adverse effects on breast cancer. It is important that alcohol consumption is avoided in totality for the attainment of good health.

Stopping alcoholism general effects: Substance abuse

accessibility to alcohol is a hindrance to recovery

Mishandling alcohol and consequences

June 21, 2017

Mishandling alcohol and consequences attached demands that timely remedial action of stopping be taken

Mishandling alcohol and consequences: Accidents, suicide, and murder

Where I come from people often make fun when taking their alcohol drink that “it’s now time for one for the road”. Let me make it simpler, after a treacherous day of work, before you proceed home, you make a stopover for a drink with friends (taking one for the road). Many who have lavished this slogan have not been obedient to just take one, but they have wined and drink the whole pocket dry. In the process, a lot of damage have taken place. Mishandling alcohol has resulted in many deaths on our roads. This has been facilitated by drink driving giving alcohol lead role in accidents, suicide, and crime. Does this ring a bell in your mind? It does to me and that brings me to my focus of this discussion ‘alcohol mismanagement and its consequences.” From our point of view as experts from AWAREMED Health and Wellness Resource Center under the able leadership of doctor Dalal Akoury MD, a season like this (x-mass festivities) year in year out registers deaths on our roads globally. Take a look at some of the effects of alcohol;

Alcohol plays a major role in more than half of all automobile fatalities across the globe.
Alcohol-related automobile accidents are the leading causes of death in young people.
When it comes to alcohol we do not have favorable limits for safe drinking because two drinks can impair the ability to drive and even one drink may double the risk of injury, and more than four drinks increase the risk by 11 times, therefore, the only safe way is not drinking at all.
Alcoholism is the primary diagnosis in a quarter of all people who commit suicide.
Alcohol is implicated in over half of all murder cases, with this ratio of one to the one you can only desire to stop drinking.

Even before we bring it close to your doorstep the facts above are enough to motivate you to seek professional help from the experts at AWAREmed Health with doctor Akoury today. Don’t put your life on the line with peer slogan, one for the road because it could be one for the grave.

Mishandling alcohol and consequences: Domestic violence

If you have been to the alcoholic residence, you may have noticed the elusiveness of peace and poor or no communication, conflicts, and suspicion. The members of such households are not independent and expressive than non-alcoholic households or even recovering alcoholic parents. Domestic violence is a common consequence of alcohol abuse.

Effect on Women – women often are the victims of domestic violence, they incur serious injuries from their male partners who are abusing alcohol

Effect on Children – Alcoholism in parents also increases the risk for violent behavior and abuse toward children. Children of alcoholic parents tend to do worse academically than others, have a higher incidence of depression, anxiety, and stress and lower self-esteem than their peers. In addition to their own inherited risk for later alcoholism, many children of alcoholics have serious coping problems that may last their entire life. Adult children of alcoholic parents are at higher risk for divorce and for psychiatric symptoms.

Mishandling alcohol and consequences: Accidents, suicide, and murder

Underage alcoholism frequency

June 15, 2017

Underage alcoholism frequency is worrying and timely action needs to be taken to prevent the dangers ahead

Underage alcoholism frequency: Signs and symptoms of alcoholism and drug dependence

The underage alcoholism frequency and college drinking are currently being magnified and promoted by the easy access to alcohol and drugs. Alcohol is the most abused drug among youth globally with the United States leading in youthful addiction. Currently, available statistics indicates that more tobacco and illicit drugs are being used by youths below the age of 21. It is also frustrating to note that of all the alcohol consumed in the US up to 11% of that substance is consumed by people aged between12 to 20. That is not something to take for granted because early use of alcohol can draw young people into a host of problems and aggravate existing ones says doctor Dalal Akoury a veteran addiction expert of over two decades. According to the experts from AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center a facility established by doctor Akoury to primarily deal with all matters relating to addition, each year approximately 5000 young people under the age of 21 dies as a result of underage drinking. This includes about 1,900 deaths from motor vehicle crashes, 1,600 as a result of homicides, 300 from suicide, and hundreds from other injuries such as falls, burns, and drowning.

Besides that, it is estimated that up to 600,000 college students are accidentally injured while under the influence of alcohol with another 700,000 students being assaulted by other students who have been drinking and as if that is not enough about 100,000 more students are victims of alcohol-related sexual assault or date rape that is according to statistics available from NCADD Fact Sheet which are also in agreement with the above statistics. When we talk of the high prevalence of underage alcoholism prevalence, it is not a small matter to be wished away because as a matter of fact there is evidence that over 11,000 teens in the US are becoming first users of alcohol daily by trying to use the drink for the first time and that translate into more than four million drink alcohol in any given month. As you ponder about that, let’s find out why young people often resort to drinking alcohol.

Underage alcoholism frequency problem: Why do young people drink alcohol?

The reasons why young people take alcohol are not different from that of adults. Some of those reasons may seem obvious, however understanding the feelings and motivations behind them as well as how each teen’s life comes into play can be difficult. The following are some of the reasons why young people resort into drinking alcohol:

Some young people often drink to check out from family problems or issues with school performance
It could be motivated by loneliness, low self–esteem, depression, anxiety disorder and other mental health issues lead many young people to drink alcohol
Young people turn to alcohol to deal with the pressures of everyday social situations
Young people may drink to change their image or to fit in when moving to a new school or town
Young people may drink to gain confidence or lose inhibitions

One clear point is that it may not matter the reasons why young people engages into this habit. Irrespective of the reason, the consequences remain the same. That is why seeking help from the experts at AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center immediately is very necessary.

Underage alcoholism frequency problem: Signs and symptoms of alcoholism and drug dependence

Workstation alcoholism problems

June 15, 2017

Workstation alcoholism problems is a time bomb waiting to explode off a bigger social and economic problems

Workstation alcoholism problems: How drug addiction impacts and where it hurts the most

When it comes to matters addiction, doctor Dalal Akoury MD and founder of AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center has seen it all. In her, over two decades of professionalism in addiction treatment doctor, Akoury is registering that even though the effects of alcoholism and drug addiction can affect and be felt in any industry or any organization irrespective of the size whether big or small; workstation alcoholism problems are prevalent in certain establishments than other sectors of our development. Experts at AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center says that certain sectors and industries like those offering food services, construction, mining and drilling, excavation, installation, maintenance, repair, and entertainment are high contributors.

This article is only meant to give guidance and therefore by mentioning some key industries it does not necessarily mean that is actually what happens. Various organizations including the sectors mentioned herein have put in measures that curbs down on the effects of alcoholism and drug addiction at workplaces say doctor Dalal Akoury. As we continue into the discussion, it is very important that before we bring this section to its conclusion, we need to appreciate that this habit hurts the most in two specific ways. The two specific kinds of drinking behavior that significantly contribute to the level of work-performance problems include:

Drinking right before the commencement of working hours or during working hours and that includes drinking during break times like at lunch and at company functions.
The second way is drinking heavily the night before the resumption of work the following day. This is commonly characterized by hangovers and even feelings of dizziness during working hours the next day.

Workstation alcoholism problems: Workstation problems are universal

Finally, in this article, we have mentioned alcohol quit repeatedly and that doesn’t necessarily mean that it is only the alcoholics who can generate problems in the workplaces. That is a myth which must be ignored because from the research findings it has been demonstrated that the majority of alcohol-related work-performance problems are associated with nondependent drinkers who may occasionally drink too much not exclusively by alcohol-dependent employees. And besides, family members living with someone’s alcoholism also suffer significant job performance related problems- including poor job performance, lack of focus, absenteeism, increased health-related problems and use of health insurance

And now, in conclusion, the problem of alcohol and drug abuse is genuinely unproductive in our workplaces. This must not be allowed to continue and therefore we want to offer you as employers and employees across the globe, that you can regain your high level of productivity by seeking professional help from the home of addiction solutions. I am talking about you scheduling an appointment with doctor Dalal Akoury today for your organization or just as an individual. When you make that bold step, doctor Akoury will come in and take you back to your much-desired level of productivity by offering the best and timely treatment for your employees while exercising high standards of professionalism. So don’t hesitate to call us today.

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