Struggling with Quitting Alcohol - Learn How Hypnosis Can Help to Quit

Posted by InstaCalm Hypnosis Anxiety Treatment on September 17th, 2019

Do you feel at times that intaking alcohol for so long has taken a toll on your mental and physical health? Do you plan on quitting it all together? Does it seem easier said than done? Are you afraid of the consequences? If your answer to all of these or any of these questions is yes, then you have come to the right place. This article includes everything you need to know about quitting alcohol and San Jose Alcohol Rehab Center. But, before rushing into the tips of quitting drinking, let us delve into some tiny yet intricate details about quitting alcohol.

Common Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms

It is scary as hell to quit something you have been drinking all your life. Withdrawing from it does not at all come easy. Abstinence symptoms are something that calls for pretty ugly consequences. Let us discuss some of the severe withdrawal symptoms.

Mild to moderate psychological and physical symptoms are very common in people planning to quit.

Psychological symptoms

• Fatigue
• Anxiety
• Shakiness
• Feeling jumpy or nervous
• Nightmares
• Depression
• Difficulty in deciphering things
• Depression
• Drastic emotional changes
• Irritability

Physical symptoms

• Insomnia
• Loss of appetite
• Paleness
• Rapid heartbeat
• Profuse sweating
• Clammy skin
• Abnormal movements of your eyelids
• Severe headache

These symptoms might seem daunting at first, but as you travel along the path of recovery, you realize that it is the best feeling.

Delirium Tremens

We discussed above the mild and moderate symptoms of alcohol withdrawal. Now on with the severe symptoms, they are called Delirium Tremens. These are the symptoms that last up to about seven to ten days after you have your last drink. These symptoms are more likely to happen if you haven't eaten enough food.

Symptoms of delirium tremens include:

• Heart Arrhythmia
• Seizures
• Agitation
• Fever
• Hallucinations
• Fever
• Perplexion
• Tremors
• Deep sleep that lasts for around a day or two
• Drastic mood swings

Now that you are through with the withdrawal symptoms and you know what is coming your way let us tell you some of the tips and tricks that can help to quit drinking in San Jose.

Start with evaluating the costs and benefits of drinking

You need to think whether drinking alcohol is worth all its adverse effects. And for evaluating that, list some of the pros and cons of drinking alcohol.

Benefits of drinking

• Momentary happiness
• Relaxes your mind and your body after a stressful day
• Way of fun and frolic in life.

Benefits of not drinking

• Improvement of personal relationships
• Rejuvenation of mind
• Enhanced energy for the people and activities you actually care about.

Admit the problem

After you have listed all the pros and cons of drinking alcohol, admitting the problem would be the next milestone. If you have a drinking problem, there are chances that you might be aware of it. But, if you are nonchalant about it, you ought to start with admitting the problem. You need a bit of self-introspection, which involves comparing your drinking habits to that of others. Take online assessments and asking yourself if you have a drinking problem.

• Realize why you should quit drinking

Rather than focusing on long term benefits, look out for the short-term ones. The former is really enough to motivate people to quit. Here are a few short-term benefits; we are sure you can relate to.

• Get rich quickly

Every time you go out drinking, there is no way you can come back not spending a truckload of money. It is a well-thought upon the fact that you can save enough bucks for backpacking around the world after six months of quitting alcohol.

• Sleep better

As much of a no-brainer, this fact is, it gets neglected too often. Alcohol being a depressant, tends to disrupt your sleep patterns. This leads to throwing off your body's balance.

• Have more meaningful talks

The benefits of meaningful conversations start to diminish or fade away when you are drunk. Alcohol prevents any meaningful change from talking.

Fire your drinking pals

No matter how hard you are trying to shun alcohol out of your life, if you have super-pushy friends who take you drinking every weekend, then you are in for a struggle. You need to either talk to them straight off that you are no longer a part of their drinking game or you ought to break all the bonds with them. It is for your better.

Make sobriety number one

When you are trying your best, giving up alcohol must be the only priority in your life. Make rules for yourselves and no matter what, try to stick to them. Say no to the sale on six-packs, say no to alcoholic friends, say no to bar nights.

Check into rehab if you are not able to quit

Hypnosis services in San Jose are one of the best treatment you can ever get for alcohol withdrawal. The rehabilitation centers can help you to a great extent if you are looking for something strict yet comfortable in accordance with your needs. Withdrawing from alcohol is not a tough nut to crack as long as you are immensely committed to your goal.