Healing and Hypnotherapy Volume 2, Issue - 12, (1 June 2018) | Page 15

Tips For Successful Alcohol Cessation.
This is the addiction that is hardest to overcome. Once your client decided
to become sober and fight this addiction, first step he or she should make is
to go see a medical doctor. If a person has been drinking a lot and for a
long time, the body may become really dependent on the alcohol, and if the
person stops abruptly, the body may just shut down.
Now, I want to be clear here, in medical community, they believe that only 3
to 5% of population fall into this category, but you can never be too careful
when it’s a matter of life and death. So, before you accept a client for
alcohol cessation, make sure that this client has a checkup with their
doctor. The doctor may prescribe something to manage blood pressure and
support heart as during withdrawal period blood pressure may get
dangerously high. The doctor may also help to prevent seizures that can
happen during withdrawal. Also, prescription medication really can make it
easier though withdrawal.
Alcohol withdrawal timeframe:
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Stage 1 starts 8 hours after the last drink. Anxiety, insomnia, nausea,
vomiting and abdominal pain and cramps.