Alcoholism signs in women: symptoms and stages. Is female alcoholism treated?

Alcoholism - dependence on alcoholic beverages( ethanol), negatively affecting the condition of the human body as a whole.

According to statistics, a man needs about seven to ten years to become ethanol-dependent, and only five years of regular use is necessary to develop female alcoholism. Signs in women, despite the rapidity of the process, will be less visible, and treatment - a long and difficult.

Features of

Dependence It is customary to consider alcoholism to be a purely male disease, but in the last decade of this dependence women are increasingly exposed. Unlike the male, female alcoholism almost does not respond to treatment. Despite the fact that women are more enduring than men, they are more easily influenced by stress and the effects of addictions. In addition, signs of alcoholism in women are manifested much later, while having less pronounced symptoms.

Female alcoholism is a psycho-narcological disease, accompanied by damage to the central nervous system and internal organs with the constant, excessive use and addiction of women to alcoholic beverages.

Human body for normal functioning requires a small amount of ethanol, which is produced independently through proper metabolism.

Signs of dependence

The first sign of alcoholism in women is negation. People who have become addicted to ethanol, the slopes claim that they use it like everyone else, only on holidays with relatives or on weekends to relieve stress and fatigue. However, the foundation of dependence is precisely the unreasonable persistent attraction to alcohol.

Attraction to alcohol, or alcoholism, signs in women has the following:

1. Search for any insignificant reason contributing to alcoholic feast. All alcohol-dependent women begin to drink approximately the same. First, only on large holidays, after a little persuasion, then the dependent uses without persuasion, for the company, is the initiator of the festivities, gradually changing the circle of friends and acquiring alcohol for the house, as if in reserve, explaining this by the opportunity to celebrate an unexpected holiday or a meeting of unplanned guests. Often, women can not explain their behavior, voicing only common phrases: "it is necessary", "it is inconvenient to refuse", "if you drink, then life is more fun," and, without realizing it, they strive for the state of ethanol intoxication.
2. Changing the behavior of a woman in anticipation of an impending binge. Try to leave work sooner, finish things quickly, to come home and calmly drink.
3. Protecting your interests, protecting drinking friends, highlighting only positive aspects and virtues in their behavior. Do not accept the claims and reproaches of non-drinkers, they arrange scandals against the background of the prohibition of alcohol consumption.
4. Justification of their behavior by common phrases: "so doctors advise," "alcohol increases efficiency," etc.
5. Lack of objective criticism of their behavior. Most alcoholics do not recognize their dependence, denying signs of social degradation against the background of drunkenness.

Stages of alcoholism in women

The signs of this disorder we described. Now consider its stages. Female alcoholism, developing, goes through certain stages, according to them there is a gradual transition from the use of ethanol in small doses to a complete loss of self-control, accompanied by the disintegration of the personality in conjunction with actual somatic pathologies. Stages of female alcoholism:

• Stage one - uncontrolled acceptance of alcohol. Negation of dependence, loss of a vomiting reflex, use of alcoholic drinks 2-3 times a week, a state of intoxication after taking an insignificant dose, the formation of mental dependence on alcohol.
• Phase two - changes in the body, taking place against the background of the formation of dependence, the appearance of a hangover syndrome, increased craving for alcohol, the use of drinks with a high degree for a faster onset of alcohol intoxication. As a result, as the dose increases, the poisoning becomes more intense due to the ingress of acetaldehyde into the blood. Based on this process, there are significant changes in the appearance of a woman. The second stage is accompanied by the appearance of pseudo-snots, that is, alcohol consumption for 3-4 consecutive days, insomnia, short-term amnesia during intoxication, and the formation of physical dependence on alcoholic beverages.
• Stage three is characterized by the disintegration of personality, i.e., complete degradation, dementia, leading to dementia, amnesia, prolonged long drinking-bouts and, consequently, the appearance of white fever.

A change in the appearance of a drinking woman

If it is a question of the second and third stages of alcoholism accompanied by drunkards, it is not difficult to identify an ethanol-dependent woman. Unlike men, women are subconsciously afraid of being caught in drunkenness. That is why alcoholics try to hide their weakness carefully. Moreover, it is difficult for a woman to admit to herself and others that she became one of those whom she herself once condemned and avoided.

Signs of alcoholism in women on the face appear very quickly. They include:

• Changing face and skin color, unhealthy blush, once pink skin acquires a gray, earthy hue, it is possible the appearance of crimson spots and bruises from bursting capillaries. Painful glitter of eyes, glassy, ​​unintelligible look, bags under the eyes, puffiness of the eyelids.
• untidy, groomed hair. Confused, dirty, greasy, with a pathological crust of dandruff on the scalp.
• Dulling of the teeth, formation of tartar and plaque.
• Wrinkles, tension of the frontal muscles, deepening of the nasolabial fold, thickening of the lips, widening of the nostrils, atrophy of the neck muscles.

External signs of alcoholism in women:

• Shakiness of gait, angular figure, painful leanness.
• Bright, age-inappropriate make-up or complete absence of signs of personal hygiene.
• Unkempt, dirty, tattered clothes.

Beer alcoholism

This type of alcoholism is perceived by many people as absolutely safe, having nothing to do with the dependence on ethanol phenomenon. Women are addicted to beer drinks less often than men, but the dependence develops, as a rule, imperceptibly, many start with one or two bottles a day, using this drink for relaxation.

The symptoms of beer alcoholism in women are as follows:

• Drinking more than two bottles( 1 liter) per day.
• Aggressive behavior, accompanied by a depressive, depressed mood in a sober state.
• Frequent migraines, sleeplessness at night, weakness and drowsiness during the day.
• Psychological dependence, confidence in the impossibility of a good rest and relax without drinking beer.

Beer alcoholism: signs in women. External symptoms of

Often, women experience a depressed morbid condition, swelling of the lips, the appearance of bags under the eyes and wrinkles, dryness and wilting of the skin, thin legs, a big belly, neglect.

Excessive consumption of beer changes the hormonal background of a woman, her voice becomes rough, herring develops in the nipples, chest, abdomen, black tendrils appear over the upper lip. Prolonged, drunken use is fraught with infertility, depression, death of cells in the cerebral cortex, migraines, chronic kidney and heart diseases, memory dips.

The addicts gradually lose interest in themselves and the world around them, seeking only a sense of intoxication and another bottle of beer.

Treatment of

Treatment is carried out in several stages:

1. Cleansing and restoring the body from the negative effects of alcohol half-life.
2. Psychological assistance to dependent and their families.
3. Monitoring of the patient's condition after in-patient treatment.

Treatment is prescribed by a doctor and depends on the individual indicators and the stage of dependence of the patient. Usually, drugs that cause alcohol intolerance are prescribed, which reduce the desire and facilitate abstinence syndrome. In general, with proper treatment, getting rid of the disease is certainly possible.

Encoding

This method is effective only for those who want to be cured on their own. The process is that a woman is injected with a drug that acts as a poison under the influence of alcohol, causing pain. During treatment, fearing pain from the drug, a woman learns to live without alcohol, gradually adjusting her life.

Result of

Signs of alcoholism in women on the face( photos below show them) are especially noticeable. And it is necessary to say that it is impossible to restore the freshness of the face and to remove wrinkles after the treatment of dependence.

It is very important that, after encoding, the patient is surrounded by non-drinking people, supported by relatives, urging them to live on, to rethink their values ​​and find work. Then alcoholism( we already considered the signs in women), of course, will remain in the past.