Alcoholism is a kind of worse disease or bad habit. Alcoholism may cause by physical problems or mental problems. It is due to genetic, environmental, psychological or emotional factors. Addiction to alcohol affects your life, negatively. Depression, irritability, insomnia, regular absence from work and anxiety are common symptoms. If you want to know that someone is addicted to alcohol, you can judge him/ her from these symptoms.
It is really very hard to quit alcohol forever but after continuous try and concentration you can able to quit this disease. There are many ways and natural remedies to control your alcohol craving. They not only help you with the alcoholic problem but also repair your damage health and life which disturb due to drinking alcohol. Here I gather six of the best natural remedies to control the craving of alcohol and helps you to quit this bad habit.
Exercise
You can reduce your craving of alcohol with the exercise by giving your body and mind a fresh oxygen burst. When you start to exercise regularly it helps you to prevent brain damage and loss different internal function which may occur due to heavy drinking from years. It keeps your body healthy, improves mood, reduces stress and makes you happy and fresh. It also helps you to fight with depression, due to this craving of alcohol become reduce. You can add exercise including biking, running, and swimming in your daily routine.
Yoga or meditation
Yoga or medication is one of the best ways to reduce the craving of alcohol if you suffer from this bad habit and prevent you from alcohol. Yoga relaxes your body, mind, and heart. Once you relax you don’t need alcohol to feel better and relax. Meditation is also a helpful way to attain peace. If you want to quit this bad habit, you should try this when your craving starts. Some yoga poses that are good for alcoholism are a knee-hug spinal twist, sitting mountain, child’s pose, and many others. Don’t do yoga at home. It’s good to first learn yoga fully than do it in routine. It will work, for sure.
Fresh Juices
Juices are the best replacement for alcohol. If you continuously drink alcohol in past, then you should go for juice diet. It not only helpful to you to quit alcohol but also helps you to regain your energy which you lost due to alcohol. It’s good to go with fresh juices not pack juice. Once you start drinking fresh fruit juice in routine, after ten to fifteen days you stop missing alcohol. The main benefit of this remedy is you can easily prepare fresh fruit juice at home with full of nutrients and energy. Grapes juice, apple juice, orange juice, and pineapple juice are preferred.
Carom seed
This remedy is based on the principle of Ayurveda. It uses in Indian ancient science of healing. It is purely and completely natural. Boil carom seeds with 10 liters of water. Boil enough so that 5-liter water is remaining. You can drink 4 to 5 tablespoons when you start to the craving for alcohol. You can easily be prepared at home. Consult your doctor for the best result and rapid recovery.
Bitter ground
The bitter, the better. I know bitter ground juice is bitter in taste, but it is helpful to reduce alcohol crave and alcohol addiction. It also helps to repair damage liver cells which are affected due to alcohol addiction. A kidney is also damage with alcohol; bitter ground juice helps to heal them as well. If you don’t like the taste of bitter ground juice and surely you will never be going to like it’s taste so you can also add it in buttermilk for making it good and easy to drink.
Crunchy foods
Yes…Crunchy foods like apple, carrot, cucumber, peach, and sugarless candies are also good to reduce the craving of alcohol. Because when you have these foods your mouth is kept busy and you can easily avoid and forget the alcohol addiction. But not go toward the junk foods only crunchy, fresh and healthy foods.
Balance Diet
An adjusted eating routine, which envelops every basic supplement from vegetables, oats, entire grains, nuts, and sprouts, among others, is advantageous. Try to avoid eating excessively white flour, solid sauces, meat, and sugar. This is the ideal home solution for alcohol addiction.
Insightful and helpful. Thanks for sharing your perspective and wisdom. My brother in law is a Recovery Pastor and I’ve always wondered how treatment and healing works. These are some good steps.
My father was an alcoholic so I’ve always been really careful with my liquor intake., One thing I find is a lot of people sub one addiction for another, so I advise getting professional help to get off the sauce if you find it to be a problem in your life
This is such a great topic to expound on. I’ve definitely heard a lot about replacing alcohol with juice, specifically grape juice, and it’s something I’ve known people to be successful with.
Yep. Agree. I havent touched a drop this year. I am so pleased and won’t be turning back! Alcohol free is the way forward. I enjoy my weekends so much more, life has slowed down and that is how it needs to stay! Alcohol is horrible.
I topic and your tips are really great and I’m sure it will help many people. But I personally don’t like alcohol at all.
As someone who enjoys a drink but takes breaks throughout the year for clarity, I find this list great. Do you struggle with alcohol? If so, I hope these strategies help you maintain your sobriety 🙂
I believe quitting any addition strongly depends on your will power and self control. Why would you want something impact you so much that you can’t spare a day without it. I am not an alcoholic however I quit after I got married recently in May 2018 🙂
Addition to alcohol is the same as the other addiction as Nicotine, drugs, pornography and alike. This topic is highly sought and your suggestions are just one of the best to consider when you are going to try it.
Quitting an addiction that will ruin your health and lifestyle is very important. I am thankful that I have never like alcohol from day one
Addiction is a difficult thing. It will take a lot of dedication, determination, and support to stay away from your vise and try to get healthy. Exercise is a great way to take your mind off the desires.
Alcohol can be a very dangerous thing if you aren’t careful. In addition to your suggestions, you must also change how you view alcohol on a subconscious level.