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SIX EASY STEPS TO ESCAPE ALCOHOL ADDICTION
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Stay true to your intention to quit
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Do away with your ‘alcohol’ reminders
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3.
This is the first step in ‘getting out of the woods’. Without determination and self-discipline, you
may be drawn back to alcohol. A trick is to make alcohol the enemy, then convince yourself that
quitting alcohol will improve your well-being. It is always advised that you do not try to quit
alcohol because you were told to do so. As a personal conviction, you must do this from the
core of your heart. This is because once the external influence is gone, there is a tendency for
you to go back to it.
By getting rid of reminders such as bottles, you can curb alcohol addiction. Once in a while, you
can offer guests non-alcoholic drinks such as soft drink, tea or coffee rather than alcohol. This
can lessen the probability of addiction. Also, you should avoid friends or colleagues who also
influence you to consume alcohol.
In this phase, social drinking should be avoided
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Social drinking has the tendency to extend to addiction, thus it is important to avoid it to curb
the temptation of consuming extra bottles. Some addicts fall into the trap of consuming extra
volumes of alcohol because of the fear of being maligned by friends and colleagues for having a
low threshold for alcohol. This makes them consume even more during social gatherings. In this
case, it is advised that such a person avoids attending social events that will lure him, at least until
the addiction wears away.