All-Russian Sobriety Day. Let's make the right choice!
In the age of the information society, it is no secret that alcohol abuse causes great damage to the human body. the body and society as a whole. But few people can clearly articulate this danger. Few people project the problem onto of course, a person tends to deny the problem of alcohol abuse, often people think about it very late, when this disaster has already destroyed the life of a person and his loved ones.
Leading narcologists will agree that it is very difficult to treat alcohol dependence syndrome, it is much easier to prevent this disease. In these conditions, measures of primary prevention and promotion of a healthy lifestyle come to the fore, especially among the younger generation.
In Russia in 1914-1917, compared to Europe, there was the lowest level of alcohol consumption – 0.83 liters per capita, but since the mid-1970s, there has been a significant increase in alcoholization of the population.
By 2008-2010, the consumption of registered alcoholic beverages in terms of absolute alcohol increased to 10 liters, by 2012-2014 it reached 15-18 liters. And all this without taking into account the alcohol contained in beer, home-made alcoholic beverages, moonshine, braga, tinctures and liqueurs, as well as technical alcohol, perfume alcohol-containing liquids and pharmaceutical alcohol preparations.
We can only guess what awaits Russia in the future, with the level of alcohol consumption of 11.1 liters in terms of pure ethanol.
Excessive alcohol consumption, along with high blood pressure, hypercholesterolemia, and poor nutrition are risk factors for the development of diseases that are the main causes (up to 87.5%) of total mortality in the United States. Of Russia. Diseases that are somehow related to alcohol consumption are included in the main "Triad of mortality" in Russia, along with pathology of the cardiovascular system (33% of total mortality) and oncology (15.7%). Worth noting, that in recent years, the number of alcohol-related deaths has been rapidly catching up with cancer deaths and accounts for 15% of the total mortality.
We can name three main principles that are recommended by narcologists:
- reducing the dose of alcohol consumed at a time.
- reducing the frequency of consumption.
- reducing the degree of drinks consumed.
It is worth noting that you do not need to focus on a safe dose of alcohol, because this indicator is individual and depends on it depends on a variety of factors, such as gender, age, and concomitant diseases. Our goal is to completely give up alcohol.
It is necessary to reconsider the view of your life, to be moderate in the use of alcohol, if not completely abandon it. This will help extend your active life for several happy decades.
Chief freelance specialist narcologist
health departments of the Lipetsk region
Korostin Mikhail Ivanovich
