The Keys to Drinking

Most people who drink to excess are not alcoholics. In Fact, 90 percent of those who think too much or daily aren’t dependent on alcohol. But one in three adults drinks to excess.

A lot of people mistakenly assume that people who drink too much are alcoholics. The surprising finding was that nine out of 10 people who drink too much do not meet the diagnostic criteria for alcoholism. We all come across people who drink but rarely do we notice their patterns of drinking which come in various people or at various stages in a single span of a person, that include:

• • SOCIAL DRINKING
  • OVER DRINKING
  • DUMB DRINKiNG
  • DEPENDENT DRINKING
  • HARMFUL DRINKING
  • & ultimately VICIOUS DRINKING (a pattern that needs most attention)
   

The reasons behind this drinking spectrum vary depending upon the people and places you visit, their mindsets, ethnicity & genetics. We know the reality of drinking is not so black and white. No worries, there is a solution to the worst drinking habit. Nasha Mukti Kendra has the supportive groups for people who are not able to cut off drinking from the daily routines. Certain people who drink with negative consequences are at a greater risk of developing a wide range of problems. These problems define the above drinking patterns, in which one falls. Let us first understand the concept of VICIOUS DRINKING.

In VICIOUS DRINKING the sedation begins to override the stimulation at higher doses; the pleasure diminishes to annoyance and frustration, accompanied by self-pity and tendency to offend people around. Along with slurred speech and staggering gait, the person becomes aggressive/passive. These patterns are self-driven but the guided scientific approach can help to modify these patterns. The concept of smart drinking is identifying your patterns and working on them.