Alcohol dependence

Alcohol dependence, also known as alcohol addiction. Due to the long-term large-volume drinking body's psychological addiction and physiological addiction to alcohol. In order to satisfy hobby and avoid physical discomfort caused by stopping drinking, alcohol dependent people have to drink alcohol often. After repeated drinking, the body becomes tolerant to alcohol, and the amount of alcohol increases. Long-term heavy drinking can lead to chronic alcoholism, causing a series of physical diseases such as liver cirrhosis, gastritis, and mental symptoms such as forgetfulness, hallucinations, and disturbance of consciousness. The death rate, suicide rate and death rate from traffic accidents of alcohol dependents are significantly higher than those of the general population. In addition to endangering personal health, frequent drinking and drunkenness also bring a series of troubles to family life and social order. Alcohol dependence includes psychological, physical, and tolerance to alcohol (ethanol) (see Dependence). It has the following clinical and behavioral manifestations: ① Treating drinking as the first priority in life, disregarding personal health, work discipline, family responsibilities, and social norms, blindly pursuing drinking, and later ca n’t make self-control after toasting. Is endless drunk. ② In order to avoid the occurrence of withdrawal symptoms, alcohol is frequently consumed. The first thing many alcoholic dependents do after drinking is to drink alcohol, because after a night's sleep, the body's alcohol has been metabolized. ③Due to the tolerance of alcohol, the amount of alcohol is getting larger and larger, and the drinking is more and more. But patients are always secretive about the actual amount of alcohol consumed, and "not drinking much" has become their mantra. ④ Withdrawal symptoms occur when the blood alcohol concentration drops below a certain level, manifested as hand tremor, limb and trunk tremor, emotional excitement, nausea, sweating, etc. If you take a few sips of wine in time, these symptoms will be eliminated quickly, otherwise it will become more and more severe, and even conscious disturbances and convulsions will appear.