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What is Controlled Drinking?

Controlled Drinking and How do Do It.

Controlled Drinking Is

Controlled drinking is as the name implies, drinking using conscious control.  In simpler terms it means drinking in a way that you wont regret it the next day.  This usually means drinking fairly slowly.  The real trick is to get the motivation to drink in a controlled manner. If you are fully enjoying your drinking or if you enjoy getting drunk and don't have any regrets about it you probably wont be able to learn to control your alcohol consumption.  On the other hand if you are starting to worry and regret how much you drink then a controlled drinking program will teach you how.

How do You Get the Control You Need to Master Controlled Drinking

Really it all comes down to education, motivation and practice.  Just about anyone can learn to control their alcohol consumption if they really want to.  The real trick is to have the motivation to control and the perseverance to keep going until you control your drinking without really having to think about it.  I must say however some people are unable to learn how to control their drinking and may have to adopt a non-drinking policy.

Should I learn to Control Or Simply Abstain?

If your alcohol consumption is causing you worries, regrets, actual physical harm, relationship damage, or is making you do other things like gamble and take drugs then you need to learn to control or abstain.  In other words if your drinking is causing you some kind of harm, putting you at risk of harm or generally causing you to be discontent then you need to learn to control your alcohol consumption.

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What is drug and Alcohol Counselling?

What is Drug and Alcohol Counselling?

What is Drug and Alcohol Counselling

Drug and alcohol counselling is a specialist field of psychology that helps people overcome urges and habits that may be harming their lives.  It is usually practiced in a one on one or group situation.  All professional drug and alcohol counsellors must have thorough training in the field and must have a lot of experience working with people struggling with dependence if they are going to be helpful.  An effective counsellor will usually have a masters degree in psychology or psychotherapy or counselling and will have at least five years experience.

Most of the work in drug and alcohol counselling is done when the therapist helps a person struggling with dependence change their views on drugs or alcohol and helps the enjoy life more with out dependence.  Some people need to abstain from alcohol while others can just change their drinking behaviour so that it isn't causing any harm in their lives.  On the other hand drug use problems need to be eliminated, if for no other reason illegal drug use is illegal.    Very few people are able to use drugs with any regularity and not become dependent.

Some therapists uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to help a person change their believes and behaviours around alcohol or drug use. Others use an interpersonal approach while others use a more directive approach.  Each of these approaches has merits however what is important is you chose and approach that works for you.

Drug and Alcohol Counselling is really about helping you eliminate the urges for excessive alcohol use and drug use all together.

How does it work?

Who needs drug and alcohol counselling

Where should I go to get drug and alcohol counselling

 

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