Hi, my father is drunkard he is not able to leave alcohol what treatment we should do to cure that.

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Hello. I understand your predicament. It is essential that you first and foremost understand that alcohol dependence is a disease just like any other disease. Your father may be unable to understand the short and long term implications of addiction presently and hence, you may have to consider taking the help of other elders of the family. There are many methods of seeking help. It could begin with a family Intervention where everyone expresses in a humble manner how they feel about his addiction. Followed by that you can seek consult from a family physician who may encourage him to seek professional help from a de addiction psychiatrist in your city. After initial detoxification I encourage him to be a part of AA (alcoholic anonymous) programme and as well as go for one on motivational enhancement Counselling. A few blood tests may need to be conducted and also medicines may need to be taken regularly.

Era Sharma Dutta · Accepted Answer

Hello. I understand your predicament. It is essential that you first and foremost understand that alcohol dependence is a disease just like any other disease. Your father may be unable to understand the short and long term implications of addiction presently and hence, you may have to consider taking the help of other elders of the family. There are many methods of seeking help. It could begin with a family Intervention where everyone expresses in a humble manner how they feel about his addiction. Followed by that you can seek consult from a family physician who may encourage him to seek professional help from a de addiction psychiatrist in your city. After initial detoxification I encourage him to be a part of AA (alcoholic anonymous) programme and as well as go for one on motivational enhancement Counselling. A few blood tests may need to be conducted and also medicines may need to be taken regularly.

Jagadeesan M.S. · Answer

Alcohol dependence involves intense craving or desire to drink alcohol. People drink for pleasure or rationalize it on external factors like family problems, work tension, etc. They drink continuously, i.e. Almost daily or even weekly once or twice with withdrawal symptoms, tolerance, bodily damage, etc. Due to alcohol they and/ or others are affected significantly. You need to consult a psychiatrist and go for 3 steps of de addiction. 1st is detoxification, when alcohol is stopped and the withdrawal is made smooth with minimal discomfort, 2 nd is maintenance and further deaddiction when the physical problems and psychological state of the individual is maintained and anti-craving drugs started 3 rd rehabilitation, when relapse prevention is the goal, while maintaining deaddiction. All the best.