Counselling for Alcohol Addiction

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Counselling for Alcohol Addiction
Alcohol addiction can have devasting
consequences for the person suffering from it as
well as their families and loved ones. The longer
it goes on, the more severe the consequences.
Over time, the financial cost, emotional cost and
relationship cost has the potential to destroy
lives.
What is Alcohol Addiction?
Alcohol addiction is a form of alcohol abuse. It
is a pattern of drinking that carries high risk
to your physical and mental health.
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The charity Drinkaware states Chief Medical
Officers recommendation of no more than 14 units
of alcohol a week for men and women, spread over
3 or more 4 days if there are heavy drinking
episodes. A lot of people are able to drink in
excess of these quantities and carry on living
their lives with a sense of normality. This can
still be dangerous and damaging to your mental
and physical health. Alcohol abuse often is.
Drinking excessively and frequently may also be
indicative of some underlying issues that, if not
addressed, might pave the path to alcohol
addiction.
Overcoming the addiction
The first step to dealing with the addiction is
to acknowledge that something needs addressing.
This is the hardest step of them all. Admitting
the problem and taking the first step towards
overcoming it will start the journey to
healing. A family member wanting to help someone
is unlikely to work unless the addict is willing
to take responsibility for their behaviour and
decide what they want to change in their
lives. You can try to overcome the addiction
yourself by reducing the amount you drink
gradually over a period of time or go cold
turkey. Cold turkey should only be done in
consultation with your GP if you have been
drinking excessively for a while. You might want
to try and detect a pattern in your usage. Maybe
you drink when you feel a certain way or at a
certain time of day. Identifying that pattern and
creating alternative ways of coping is usually a
good start. If you have already done this before
and it has not worked then maybe you need to
speak to a counsellor or a specialist service
that can help you overcome the addiction.
How I can help you through Counselling
I can work with you to understand and work on
your alcohol addiction. There is usually a
two-part strategy to this.
In the short term, I will try and see if we can
find a pattern and help you look at
ways of disrupting it. Sometimes the pattern is
evasive, and I may ask you to
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monitor your feelings and mood to detect the
pattern. Developing coping strategies is the
prime objective in the early stages. I then work
with you to understand some of the root causes of
the addiction and help you work through them.
This generally tends to be deeper work as the
reasons are not always straight forward and
obvious. I also work with loved ones of the
addict to increase their coping strategies,
understand their own behaviour and increase their
ability to work with the addict. I offer
counselling for alcohol addiction online on Zoom
and in my offices in Waterloo and Hampton.
Visit for more info https//www.gurpreetsingh.uk
/th erapy/alcohol-addiction/ Locations 117
Waterloo Road London, SE1 8UL Albury
Close Hampton, TW12 3BB 07881 400 200