Frequent
drunkenness, relationship and marital
difficulties, (separation, divorce),
accommodation problems, debt, excess
alcohol with drug overdoses, unemployment
after being dismissed for frequent
absence or inefficiency, involvement with
the Police for aggressive or violent
behaviour, harm to children, being banned
from driving.
If you disguise the amount you drink -
doubles instead of singles, stronger
drinks, the extra one before you go out
and when you come home - if you can't get
to sleep without getting up for 'another
one' - if you secrete bottles in the
house, car, garage etc. If you are
depressed, frustrated, worried or upset
and immediately turn to alcohol - these,
either singly, or in multiples, can be
some of the features of an alcohol
problem.
Physical features include: gastritis,
peptic ulcers, pancreatitis, cirrhosis of
the liver, recurrent infections, heart
failure, these are just some of the
conditions in which problem drinking can
play a part.
In Kirklees there are around five deaths
in a year which may be attributable to
alcohol excess. Beware!
You don't have to
get drunk repeatedly to have an alcohol
problem. You may be carrying on a
'normal' existence on the surface;
working, driving your car, mixing
socially. But you could be 'topping up'
your alcohol level all the time so that
you are never really sober. You may think
you are coping, but what are you doing to
your health?
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