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It happens every day to a lot of people. Well, then, why can’t people stop drinking? The first reason is fear. They are afraid of what they are going to do without alcohol in their lives. Much like a smoker quitting cigarettes doesn’t know what they’re going to do without a cigarette in their hand. But, although a smoker is endangering their lives, a drinker alters the way their brain thinks, and does things, and acts in ways that are inappropriate and unacceptable. A cigarette doesn’t do that to you. You don’t leave your purse in a bar because you had a cigarette. Or a pack of cigarettes. A drinker can easily drive home on the wrong side of the road, sideswipe the garage door, and yell and scream for scrambled eggs and cheese! And then have to get up and go to work in the morning. So why not stop? Number one, it’s usually an addiction, so it’s not as easy as it sounds. Number two, without the proper guidance, it’s very hard to do alone. Number three, who wants to not only have to quit doing something they love to do, but do it in front of strangers, as in a twelve step program?

You may find it hard to believe that being an alcoholic and having an alcohol abuse problem aren’t the same condition. Somebody with an alcohol abuse problems is often referred to as a “functioning alcoholic”, and they tend to drink excessively as well as suffering from certain health symptoms normally related to alcoholism.

Most heavy drinkers will come to the decision at some time in their lives that the time has come to either cut back drinking or even stopping all together. The problem that they now encounter is how on earth are they going to do it. In order to find out just how, we first need to discover just how our lives change if we actually manage to achieve our goal.

The consumption of even a small quantity of alcohol while on medication will seriously aggravate a health condition. There are around 150 known types of medication that can seriously deteriorate a health condition while consuming alcohol. A good example would be antihistamine, whose sedative effect is increased to a point that driving or handling machinery would become very dangerous.