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Monday, December 22, 2008

Cutting Back On Alcohol

By Ed Philips

You'll find that anyone who drinks heavy will at sometime in their life make a decision to cut down on their drinking or even quit it completely. But the big question they always ask themselves is HOW? Well let's start first on how cutting down or quitting alcohol can and will improve your life, your health and you'll begin to enjoy life again.

You see, to cut down on your drinking or quit your drinking you need to have a goal to achieve. So if you want to, you're going to have to write down reasons for curbing your alcohol consumption. Here's a few examples which should help you; Are you seeking to improve your lifestyle? Do you want to improve your relationship with your family and friends? Are you looking to improve your health? What makes you want to drink less?

A recent study showed and was performed on a hundred people. They got 50 people to write their goals down and the other 50 to do nothing accept try and achieve their goals. What the study showed was quite amazing as the first 50 people who wrote their goals down and went through them everyday over a period of 3 months, they found 85% of them reached their goals.

The other 50 people on the other hand didn't have the same success as only 8% were able to survive the 3 months without drinking. It goes to show that the important factor here is the knowing of what you want to achieve so don't waste any more time and give yourself some realistic goals to achieve your main objective. Don't forget that drink doesn't control you and that you control the drink.

If you're looking for a good program to follow which will help you with setting your goals to help you quit drinking or cut down on your drinking then I can strongly advise you to take a look at stopdrinkingadvice.org right now. I have read some great reports from people who have tried there training methods out with amazing results. There even offer you a full money back guarantee if there program doesn't work for you. They also have a free newsletter which gives you free tips on how to quit drinking. Remember you have nothing to lose but everything to gain.

The problem is that our body just isn't compatible with alcohol, and although we know this, we just carry on like there was no tomorrow. Let's just summarize as much as we can the effects of alcohol on us once it has entered our body. First of all it infiltrates our bloodstream, our brain, our liver, our pancreas, our kidneys, our lungs as well as every other living tissue in our body. The truth of the matter is that every drink we have is slowly killing us, so what will that do to really heavy drinkers, commonly known as "Chronic Drinkers."

Recent studies have also proven that excessive drinking will also reduce our brain size, our reactions become much slower and our memory starts to go. In further studies with MRI scanning, it has been shown that alcoholics also appear to have cognitive dysfunction. The strength of the drinks we consume is also an important factor as the stronger the alcohol content, the quicker it is absorbed into our organism.

When neat spirits are consumed in concentrated amounts, they can irritate your stomach lining, causing a response which delays the absorption of the alcohol. Almost as soon as we have some alcohol, it seems to have an effect on out central nervous system. It begins by depressing the inhibitory centers of your brain. Alcohol effects people in different ways, some people become relaxed, others become very aggressive and some just become more confident in themselves, like taking more, and some even think they become more attractive (I don't think so).

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