Does your drinking pattern cause you significant repeated distress or influence the activity of your daily life? If so, you most likely have a drinking disorder. Whether it is mild or severe, it can always lead to more serious conditions. Thus, early treatment is necessary. This article will help you see if you need our GP support for alcohol disorder in Costa del Sol.
What exactly is alcohol use disorder?
Alcoholism is one level that is included in alcohol use disorder. This condition involves uncontrolled consumption of alcoholic beverages, being constantly preoccupied, continuing to drink even when problems arise, increasing consumption to obtain a desired effect, or experiencing withdrawal symptoms when drinking is stopped. Any alcohol habit that causes problems to your health is not responsible consumption. This includes excessive alcohol consumption, causing health and safety problems. As a general rule, a pattern where a man consumes more than five drinks in a two-hour period and a woman reduces to four drinks in the same period. If this sounds like you get our GP support for alcohol disorder in Costa del Sol
Do I suffer from alcohol use disorder?
Levels of this disorder can be mild, moderate or severe. This varies according to the symptoms. These include:
- Inability to limit alcohol intake
- Having the will to stop drinking without achieving it
- Spending a lot of time drinking or obtaining alcohol as well as recovering from its effects
- Having urges to drink alcohol
- Neglecting the obligations of daily life due to the need for alcohol
- Ignoring the problems that repeated and constant alcohol intake causes for your body and those around you
- Giving up hobbies, social work activities
- Drinking alcohol when driving or swimming
- Achieve a tolerance to alcohol so that you need to consume more of it and notice its effect
- Experience nausea, sweating, tremors or other withdrawal symptoms when not drinking alcohol, so you need to drink to avoid those symptoms
This disorder includes periods of alcohol intoxication or withdrawal symptoms. If you have any of the above you need our GP support for alcohol disorder in Costa del Sol
When to see our GP support for alcohol use disorder in Costa del Sol
If you notice that your drinking causes problems, or that your family members worry about you, or that you simply drink too much alcohol sometimes, get our GP support for alcohol disorder in Costa del Sol. Other forms of getting help can include talking with our mental health professional.
Sometimes you may find that you don't have a drinking problem because denial of addiction is so common. Because of this, it is impossible to recognize the problems caused by alcoholism. It is important that you listen to your loved ones when they recommend that you seek help or examine your drinking habits. You may want to consider talking to someone who has overcome alcoholism and can give you advice from experience.