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Holistic Approaches for Alcohol Abuse Recovery

Discover effective complementary and alternative therapies like acupuncture, biofeedback, and Motivational Enhancement Therapy to reduce anxiety, depression, tremors, and fatigue associated with alcohol abuse. Learn about cognitive behavior therapy for changing behaviors and aversion therapy for creating a strong aversive response to alcohol. Explore ways to prevent heart disease, brain damage, and foetal alcohol syndrome through sensible drinking habits.

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Holistic Approaches for Alcohol Abuse Recovery

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  1. Alcohol Abuse

  2. Complementary and Alternative Medicine • Acupuncture • Reduce anxiety, depression • Alleviate tremors and fatigue • Biofeedback • Relieving symptoms of stress by relaxing muscles • Monitoring physiologic systems • Increase awareness of body’s stress

  3. Motivational enhancement therapy Acknowledge that patient have a problem Guide the patient through stages Change patient’s behavior

  4. Aversion therapy Pairing the drinking of alcohol with a strong aversive response Nausea or vomiting (medication) Without medication after repeated pairing

  5. Cognitive behavior therapy • Identify distorted thoughts and beliefs that arouse psychological stress • View and cope with traumatic event differently • Learn alternative beliefs about the events and the impacts they have on patient’s life • Learn to develop a sense of mastery and control patient’s thoughts and feeling

  6. Alcoholic abuse and foetal

  7. Alter thyroid function in mother Brain damage Foetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) Thyroid hormone

  8. Benefit • Prevent heart disease • Prevent myocardial infarction • Prevent apoplexy • Prevent Alzheimer's Disease • Prevent osteoporosis

  9. Drink Sensibly • Men: Fewer than 3 – 4 units per day (21 units per week) • Women: Fewer than 2 – 3 units per day (14 units per week)

  10. Avoid alcohol before driving, operation machine, handling dangerous goods or vigorous exercise.

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