| Has alcohol become a problem for you? Are you | | | | anxiety - they find that a drink can alleviate some |
| ready to change?Whether you are looking to stop | | | | of their anxiety, and often alcohol is readily |
| drinking alcohol completely, cut down on the | | | | available in the social situations most feared. Drink |
| booze - or just reduce the amount you | | | | also blocks out the pain of isolation and rejection, |
| drink.Hypnosis Can Help YouIn the United States, | | | | perceived or real.So what problem do you deal |
| 37 per cent of people in a group study had got | | | | with first?Hypnotherapy can help with both binge |
| drunk for the first time before the age of 14. In | | | | drinking and anxiety - it is usually best to start |
| all, nearly 90 percent of people in treatment for | | | | with the alcohol problem first as it is difficult to |
| alcohol abuse reported getting intoxicated before | | | | help someone with social anxiety if they are still |
| the legal drinking age.Alcohol is thought to cause | | | | abusing alcohol or other drugs. Liquor and drugs |
| over 30,000 deaths a year in Britain, and is | | | | cloud judgement and perceptions, making any |
| implicated in 60 per cent of suicides and 40 per | | | | type of psychotherapy more difficult.The first |
| cent of domestic violence casesIf You Drink More | | | | stage of addiction is the more a person drinks, |
| Than You Think You ShouldIf you binge drink, | | | | the better they feel, their mood improves, and |
| either beer or spirits, or find it difficult to cut | | | | they can escape into a fantasy world, leaving |
| down, hypnotherapy can help you become in | | | | behind worries and anxieties.They then build their |
| control of yourself again.There are techniques in | | | | life around the addiction, needing increasingly |
| hypnotherapy that change the thought process. | | | | intoxicating drinks, becoming out of control with |
| This helps the mind move from the thought of | | | | their behaviour, they need that drink, and if they |
| drinking to excess, to the though of just having a | | | | cannot get it, they are constantly thinking about |
| moderate amount, and actually staying in control | | | | it.The Destructive PhaseThe next stage is, their |
| of yourself.Hypnotherapy can help you find out | | | | mood changes for the worst, they believe that |
| why you are drinking heavily, and work on the | | | | nothing is ever their fault, and everything would |
| issues.People with alcohol problems often need | | | | be alright if they were just left alone, they |
| help with their self esteem and confidence building, | | | | become moody and difficult.Becoming dependent |
| and rely more and more on alcohol to help them | | | | on alcohol can lead to loss of jobs, loss of |
| through difficult times.Some people binge drink | | | | relationships, health problems, depression, financial |
| deliberately. Many, however, find themselves | | | | problems and much more. No one who starts |
| caught in patterns of thinking and behaviour they | | | | using drugs or alcohol intends to do destructive |
| would rather change, some find themselves | | | | things to themselves and others, and no one |
| drinking to excess after having begun with the | | | | intends to become addicted, but it happens.If you |
| intention of just having one or two drinks. Just | | | | feel you are dependant on alcohol and want to |
| another little tipple, and then of course they get | | | | change, you probably need a variety of |
| out of control.Substance or alcohol abuse are | | | | approaches and strategies - hypnotherapy is a |
| often used by those who are shy or have social | | | | highly effective treatment approach. |