The treatment of the persons with an addiction to the alcohol starts by the recognition of the problem. The alcoholism is associated with the denial, what allows to the patient to believe that he does not need treatment. Most of the persons with a dependency on the alcohol gain access to the treatment under pressure of others. There is very rare the voluntary acceptance of the need for treatment. It is difficult to know the mechanisms of defense that have allowed to keep on drinking the person with dependency on the alcohol and one needs a clash with the family and related persons.
It is necessary to convince the person when it is sober, and not when it is drunk or with surf. Once he has recognized the problem, the abstinence of the alcohol is the only treatment. Also there can happen programs of support, rehabilitation, pursuit etc. Also the treatment of the family is usually necessary, because the alcoholism creates victims between the related people.
The detoxification is the second phase of the treatment. The alcohol low control is hidden. A supervision is established. Tranquilizers and sedatives are prescribed to relieve and to control the effects of the abstinence.
The detoxification can last from 5 until 7 days. The medical examination of other problems is necessary. There are frequent the problems of the liver and other problems in the blood. It is very important to continue a diet with supplements vitamínicos. There can appear complications associated with the sharp physical symptoms, like depression and other problems that must be treated.
The rehabilitation programs are to help the affected persons, after the detoxification, to support in the alcohol abstinence. These programs include diverse advices, psychological support, care of infirmary and medical care. The education on the illness of the alcoholism and his effects is a part of the therapy. Many of the professionals involved in these programs of rehabilitation have to continue recycling programs.
- Therapies of distaste / repugnance
Also there are therapies of distaste / repugnance in which there are used drugs that interfere in the metabolism of the alcohol and produce very unpleasant effects, even if a small alcohol quantity is consumed in 2 weeks after the treatment. This therapy is used neither in pregnant women nor in persons with other illnesses. This type of therapy must be used by councils of support and his effectiveness changes in every case.
A group of help is Anonymous alcoholics in the alcoholics' restructuring that offers emotional and affective help, under an abstinence model, to the people who is rehabilitated of the dependency on the alcohol. There is more than one million associates in the whole world, and small groups are in small cities along the whole Europe.
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