Alcoholism, now known as the disease of Alcohol Use Disorder, (AUD) is a condition in which a person has a desire or physical need to consume alcohol, even though it has a negative impact on their life.

This disorder is completely treatable with alcohol addiction therapy and treatment. A person can live a perfectly happy and normal life with this treatment. The Hermitage Rehab Centre is one of the best alcohol detox centres in Amritsar Punjab. Our mission is to provide excellent counseling and therapy to achieve victory over addiction.

We try to raise the bottom’ of the addict by orchestrating emotional enactment so that we are successful in bringing him to agree to take the addiction treatment of alcohol.

Otherwise, the destruction which is brought about is unimaginable FACTS:

• Worldwide, 3 million deaths every year result from harmful use of alcohol, this represents 5.3 % of all deaths.
• The harmful use of alcohol is a causal factor in more than 200 disease and injury conditions.
• Overall 5.1 % of the global burden of disease and injury is attributable to alcohol, as measured in disability-adjusted life years (DALYs).
• Alcohol consumption causes death and disability relatively early in life. In the age group 20–39 years, approximately 13.5 % of the total deaths are alcohol attributed.
• The percentage of alcohol-attributed deaths among men amounts to 7.7 % of all global deaths compared to 2.6 % of all deaths among women. Total alcohol per capita consumption in 2010 among male and female drinkers worldwide was on average 19.4 liters for males and 7.0 liters of pure alcohol for females.

According to WHO, It is a Primary Bio Psycho Socio Progressive disease. A person with this condition does not know when or how to stop drinking.

He spends a lot of time thinking about alcohol, and he cannot control how much he consumes, even if it is causing serious problems at home, work, and financially.

A person who drinks excessive amounts of alcohol will often not be the first person to realize that this is so.

Some signs and symptoms of AUD include:

• Drinking alone or in secret
• Not being able to limit how much alcohol is consumed
• Blacking out and not being able to remember chunks of time
• Having drinking rituals and being irritated if someone else comments on these rituals, for example, drinks before, during, or after meals, or after work.
• Losing interest in hobbies that were previously enjoyed.
• Feeling an urge to drink.
• Feeling irritable when drinking times approach, especially if alcohol is not, or may not be, available.
• Storing alcohol in unlikely places