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Suggest Treatment For Stress And Depression

My wife has been drinking every evening at about 6pm for 10 years now. She hides the drink and we never see her drinking. She gets very aggressive when she has had a drink. She absolutely refuses either to acknowledge her problem or to discuss it and she always lays the blame on me for all the fighting. She is a very domineering person but when sober is the best in the world a gentle lady and I love her so much. I m at my wits end with it now and don t know what to do. Any advice would be gratefully received Thank you
Fri, 27 Feb 2015
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Hello,
Welcome to Health Care Magic.
I understand your concern.
Alcohol is a very powerful addictive substance which produces physiological and psychological dependence when consumed regularly for few weeks. Your wife is drinking daily and apparently she has increased her drinking level gradually as tolerance to the effect of alcohol would have taken place.
The person habituated to drink have a strong craving for the substance and whenever they stop drinking they experience withdrawal discomfort in the form of insomnia, anxiety, restlessness, palpitation, excessive sweating, tremors, nausea, anorexia and sometimes even hallucinations.
Due to strong craving and withdrawal discomfort the habituated person usually fail to quit drinking. Any way daily drinking is not advisable due to harmful consequences of drinking on body, mind, social and familial relationships and occupation. Gradually alcohol brings several harmful changes in brain which brings a change in personality over a period of time.
Irony is that the people habituated to drink have very little insight into their illness (Dependence) and they never acknowledge their problem. Daily drinking and often showing behavioral problem after drinking is a sign of dyscontrol over her drinking habit.
Your wife certainly needs help of a psychiatrist at the earliest for de-addiction therapy. You may also motivate her to join "Alcoholic Anonymous" group (a group of reformed drinker who motivates others and help others to stop drinking) in your locality and to attend "AA" meetings regularly.
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Hello, Welcome to Health Care Magic. I understand your concern. Alcohol is a very powerful addictive substance which produces physiological and psychological dependence when consumed regularly for few weeks. Your wife is drinking daily and apparently she has increased her drinking level gradually as tolerance to the effect of alcohol would have taken place. The person habituated to drink have a strong craving for the substance and whenever they stop drinking they experience withdrawal discomfort in the form of insomnia, anxiety, restlessness, palpitation, excessive sweating, tremors, nausea, anorexia and sometimes even hallucinations. Due to strong craving and withdrawal discomfort the habituated person usually fail to quit drinking. Any way daily drinking is not advisable due to harmful consequences of drinking on body, mind, social and familial relationships and occupation. Gradually alcohol brings several harmful changes in brain which brings a change in personality over a period of time. Irony is that the people habituated to drink have very little insight into their illness (Dependence) and they never acknowledge their problem. Daily drinking and often showing behavioral problem after drinking is a sign of dyscontrol over her drinking habit. Your wife certainly needs help of a psychiatrist at the earliest for de-addiction therapy. You may also motivate her to join Alcoholic Anonymous group (a group of reformed drinker who motivates others and help others to stop drinking) in your locality and to attend AA meetings regularly.