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The
main stages of this phase are:
Memory gaps
At the begining, the alcoholic
experiences several memory problems such as
memory gaps or amnesias. They can occur even when
the alcoholic is not drunk. When an alcoholic
drinks not more than 50-60 grams of pure alcohol
(500 grams of wine or 200 grams of plum brandy)
is able to have a normal conversation, to perform
well, but the next day he can't remember anything
he done or said, or only small sequences. The
liquor, the wine or even the beer are not simple
alcoholic drinks, and they turn into the drug so
needed by the alcoholic.
A secretly alcohol consume
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are some signs that the alcoholic becomes
aware of his/her drinking behaviour.
He/she starts drinking on secret to hide
the real amount of alcohol consumed. This
way he/she tries to avoid being judged.
Even at a party, he/she will try to drink
in secret several glassed of booze.
However, this behaviour is displayed only
into a social environment which does not
tolerate alcohol. Those that live in an
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is part of a normal life or those
that drink alone do not compare with other and do
not drink in secret or feel guilty.
A
permanent preoccupation for the alcohol
The alcoholic experiences frequent thoughts that
fouces on alcohol consumption and how to not run
out of alcohol. Sometimes, this phase is not felt
by those that work or spend lot of time around
alcoholic drinks.
A greedy alcohol consume
A sign of the alcohol addiction is
a greedy alcohol consumption. This occurs when
the alcoholic temporary (for few hours or days)
stopped drinking. However, there are few
alcoholics that come from high social clases,
where they were taught to drink
"elegant", with style. This can mislead
this alcoholics in thinking that they drink
normally.
Guilty feelings
In time, the alcoholic starts to
realize that his/her drinking behaviour is
abnormal, that he/she drinks too much, guilty
feelings occur. These guilty feelings torture the
alcoholic more and more, when he/she realise that
cannot control the alcohol.
Avoidance of any alcohol
reference
feeling guilty, the alcoholic
tryies to avoid any critical allusion about the
alcohol . Sometimes, the alcoholic can become
aggressive when poeple around him/her talk about
alcohol addiction.
Serious memory problems
This hehavioural changes and
frequent memory problems represents a seriuos
signal of the alcohol addiction onset.
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