Deconditioning ...

Getting worse somatic and mental state. The decrease in appetite, weight loss, drop in blood pressure, shortness of breath, speech, gait, convulsions of extremities, seizures. Deterioration of physical condition makes it impossible to continue the binge. Over time, therefore binges are becoming shorter (2-3 days), and the intervals between them longer. Personality changes in alcoholism appear in the second stage and reach the degree of degradation of alcohol in the third stage. A so-called alcoholic character. On the one hand, it would be sharpened all of the emotional reaction (grief, joy, resentment, admiration, etc.) by increasing the overall excitability. Then there slabodushie, tearfulness, especially in a state of intoxication. The patient cries of joy and grief. On the other hand, there is an emotional brutalization. The patient becomes selfish, indifferent to his wife and children. Disappearing sense of duty, responsibility, lost value of ethical conduct. All the patient's attention focuses on only one - how to get alcohol. Heavy drinking is always underestimated, and their personal qualities embellish. The patient usually does not consider himself an alcoholic (or not recognized in the others), arguing that "everyone drinks" and it "like everyone else." At first, finding excuses, excuses, trying to find excuses for vypivok. In this exhibit resourcefulness, lying in the arguments of their actions. In what an alcoholic is no longer conceal their desire to drink, drink to anyone, not even very suitable for this environment, ie lost situational control. To purchase alcoholic beverages used any means. Patient begins to take things out of the house, sell them for a pittance, steal, beg. Alcohol humor inherent in such patients, it becomes increasingly flat, primitive, cynical, as the behavior in general. Appear brutal (excessive, asocial) form of response, such as aggression, viciousness, violence, frank cynicism. Increasingly, patients have resorted to the use of surrogates (meth, cologne, medicinal tinctures, etc.). Accompanies the progression of alcoholism and social decline. The patient loses skills, descends the ladder to the transition to unskilled jobs, odd jobs and finally, a parasitic life. Family relationships are breaking down even before the divorce, children do not usually want to communicate with their fathers alcoholics. Family survives only in cases where there is hope for a cure, change a life, or when both husband and wife abuse alcohol (and sometimes this attracts and children from an early age). Described personality changes usually occur after 40 years in alcohol experienced more than 20 years. Alcoholism in adolescents. Rather frequent phenomenon, especially in those families where the weakened control over the behavior of adolescents, as well as in families of alcoholics. Of no small importance that they have spare money that they have the opportunity to earn.