I am 20 year male and I drinks too much, I had tried a lot of medicines and therapies to quit drinking and smoking but they won't work. Now tell me how to quit on smoking and drinking? I wanna quit but I am habitual of the alcohol and cigarette.

Dr. K V AnandPsychologist14yrs exp

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Dear lybrate-user, Welcome to Lybrate. Alcohol and nicotine addiction also comes under abuse and addiction. If you?re ready to stop the substance and willing to get the support you need, you can recover from addiction and abuse ?no matter how bad the addiction or how powerless you feel. The first step in treating addiction is accepting that you have a problem. Confronting an addiction and accepting responsibility for your actions isn?t easy. But it?s a necessary step on the road to treatment and recovery. You should then consult a psychiatrist / psychologist who fill follow this treatment. 1. Detoxification using medicines. 2. Behavior modification with the help of therapies. 3. Counseling. 4. Medication to sustain and 5. Long term support. These given steps are essential for any addict to get effectively rid of addiction. Therefore, you need to stick to the treatment plan. Take care. 

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