Signs Of Alcohol Addiction
Is your drinking habit slowly morphing into an addiction?
There is always a chance that your slight drinking problem could morph into something more. There is no safe limit for drinking. Any amount of drinking you do puts your health at risk. And if your levels of consumption are slowly rising, and you are starting to notice this, there is a chance that you will end up with an addiction rather than a habit.
Here are some signs that your habit might now be an addiction.
+ Feeling Unwell When You Try to Stop Drinking +
If you are so used to drinking that your body feels ill as soon as you stop, this is a sure sign that you are having problems with addiction. This is not something that happens to people who have a normal and healthy relationship with alcohol. A habit does not cause you to have any kind of withdrawal symptoms if you try to stop. It’s much more than that once this kind of thing begins to happen. So, if you are noticing that you become unstable or feel unwell when you make an effort to drink less, it’s time to get serious about how to beat the addiction.
+ Thinking About Drinking as Soon as You Wake Up +
If one of the first things that you think about when you get out of bed is alcohol, you can be sure that you have taken your habit a little too far. That’s not the way it should be. People who think about drinking all the time are already showing early signs of an addiction, even if they don’t quite realize it yet. You should be aware of how unusual and unhealthy it is to have this kind of mindset when it comes to drinking alcohol. And if you have already started to drinking alcohol when you wake up, you really do need to take immediate action.
+ Problems With The Police +
People who have serious problems with alcohol and alcoholism tend to be more likely to get into trouble and have to face problems with the police. So, if you are starting to get into trouble when you’re drunk, and this is not something that used to happen, you will have to face up to the fact that you might be addicted to alcohol. Or, at least, you’re heading towards the point it which your habit becomes an addiction.
You can hire the most specialized DWI lawyers and ask your friends to keep you out of trouble. But what it all comes down to is your actions.
Every day, 28 people in the United States die in motor vehicle crashes that involve an alcohol-impaired driver. This amounts to one death every 53 minutes. The annual cost of alcohol-related crashes totals more than $44 billion.
source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
+ Shorter Temper and Symptoms of Mood Swings +
Short tempers are typical of people who are craving alcohol but don’t have access to it. If you are starting to notice symptoms of mood swings when you can’t get the alcohol that you want, it might mean that you are addicted. Most people are able to control their urges for a drink if they aren’t addicted. But that becomes much harder to do once your habit has morphed into an addiction. So, be aware of how you are interacting and pay attention to those early signs of an addiction.
Should you have any of those problems yourself and you don’t know how to beat the addiction, don’t wait and seek professional help!
Take good care of yourself!
Klaudia