How to stop drinking? - this question is asked by alcohol addicts and their relatives and friends. The thing is it's very hard to stop drinking, why? Despite the public opinion that it is a habit, a way of life or debauchery, alcoholism is a serious disease, not so much physical as psychological dependence, a change in values and views about life.
Also, let's determine how you want to quit drinking, this could be:
- Just a way out of the noise;
- The desire to quit drinking forever.
In the first case, the article "How to get out of fun" will help. If you want to quit drinking forever, let’s try to understand it in this article.
Your first big step to quitting drinking!
There are some important things to understand to stop drinking alcohol.
it is almost impossible to change your inner world, mentality, lifestyle within the day, with which you have been accustomed for many years and start to look at life as a sober person sees it, it is almost impossible.
Like throwing a fish on the ground and waiting for it to immediately become terrestrial. To give up drinking, you need to rethink the importance of drinking in your life by answering the following questions to yourself:
- Do you have any problems with alcohol? This is a common misconception that if it were, everyone could stop drinking at any time and not go back to it. But is not it?
- Do you think alcohol is not a medicine? Then why, after the usual withdrawal from noise, do you go back to use? Why is it necessary to drink to relieve withdrawal symptoms? Because alcohol is a drug that causes strong physical and psychological addiction!
- Do you always have a reason to drink? And without drinking, do the joys and sorrows in life fade? Jo! If you had a son and did not drink in him, would he be less happy?
- Does alcohol help you relax and cope with stress? Do you solve these problems? Does stress go away when you measure? Certainly not! Moreover, with use, a person loses the ability to relax on his own with the help of other methods.
- Do strong drinks increase confidence? With who? For those with whom you can communicate through a bottle, trust is not necessary. And those with whom you lack trust will not communicate with a drunk person.
- Do you think you drink infrequently? How often do we drink that is considered rare? Is there a rate and frequency? Certainly not! Tolerance is different for each organism, as well as addiction and dependence. This for one - without consequences, for another - alcoholism!
- Is it good for your health in small doses? Yes, poison in small doses, they say, is also beneficial, addictive, but the harm it simultaneously causes to the body is not comparable to the perceived benefit.
- Do you drink because you think alcoholism is incurable? There are many examples of treating alcoholism, do you pay attention to them? Or do you not want to notice them? And they exist! In that case, what is this - an excuse?
What are all these questions for? They make it clear that alcoholics attach great importance to them. Although, in fact, alcohol has no value in our lives. And that's the most important thing to understand if you want to quit drinking alcohol!
How to stop drinking alcohol yourself?
Only after you have taken the first step, rethinking the importance of "drinking" in your life, or rather, realizing its insignificance, 
You can move on to the next step - asking yourself how to stop drinking alcohol yourself. To do this, you must clearly understand that the joys of life are brighter, problems must be solved, depression can be treated on its own, the "bottle" will not do it for you!
So to give up drinking, you need to set yourself up correctly, consider the important points:
- Do not be afraid of the future! Yes, changing your life can be scary, but think about it, what are you afraid of? Just the unknown, because you do not know how to live sober. But after all, everyone is afraid of the unknown, this is human nature and this is absolutely normal! In addition, more than half of humanity is living a sober life!
- Be true to your word! We decided to quit drinking - do not succumb to self-deception! No one said, no "little". Remember, there is a new round of use behind this. Do not count on the will to save you, not to save you! After the first glass, self-control fades, and then disappears completely. There is willpower as long as you stay sober!
- Learn to relieve stress and relax! It can be any hobby, yoga, Pilates, meditation, communication, reading books, music, self-development, cross-stitching, finally - find yours! This is a prerequisite that will allow you to get used to another relaxation, without the glass.
- Sport is a good mood! And not so much because it has a beneficial effect on health. It promotes the production of endorphins - hormones of happiness. Being in a good mood will make it easier for you to cope with life’s tasks.
- Do not let yourself get bored! Because of nothing to do, many start smoking, smoking, drug injections. Boredom is the greatest enemy! Write yourself a plan for all kinds of employment: work, housework (you probably accumulated a lot while you were drinking), things for life and family development.
- Change the environment! To prevent your past life from dragging on in the end, make sure you change your social circle to one in which the same people you want to become. Here, communication at a new level and a competitive spirit will help you.
- Do not avoid drinkers! Is it weird? Yes, but effective! You will see it always and everywhere in your life after you decide to quit drinking. Therefore, you must first get used to them.
How to stop drinking with the help of specialists?
Many people ask the question how to quit drinking alcohol if you can not do it yourself?
The answer to this question is simple - with the help of professionals, in whose arsenal there are two effective methods:
- coding for alcoholism;
- rehabilitation center for alcoholics.
Coding will help you block the desire for alcohol for a while (1-2 years), if during this time you learn to relax, enjoy life, find a hobby, choose your sport, in other words, you can meet all the conditions of the previous chapter, then with the end of the coding period, you yourself do not want to go back to your old life.
If for some reason you realize that you can not meet the necessary conditions yourself, then psychotherapists will come to your aid with a rehabilitation program, where you will discover a new world, your skills and opportunities, make new friends. , learn to take the pleasure of a sober life.