me an alcoholic while using alcohol during holidays, parties, or relaxing. From this can begin alcoholism, because some people are weak and can’t resist the temptation to drink more and more. These causes lead to the human’s dissolution, occupational injuries, and degradation of personality. Here in Lithuania every day we can see such people, who drink all through the weeks and even months. Such people are a shame to society, so to escape this there has to be found a solution of how to stop this bad habit.One way to stop alcoholism is treatment. This disease can’t be cured, but it can be arrested and its damage healed. To arrest it, the alcoholic must stop drinking immediately and completely. He/she also must change his/her attitude toward life and his/her way of living. The responsibility for these changes is put on the alcoholic himself/herself because only he/she can make them. However, he/she can’t change anything without help. Alcoholics have to choose the way back to a normal life through some source of help.Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is an effective and the oldest method of dealing with the problem of alcoholism. It is worldwide organization of men and women who help each other solve their common problem of alcoholism. They also offer to share their recovery experiences with others who have a drinking problem and want to do something about it. The AA organization’s only goal is personal sobierty and the only requirement is that the person must have a desire to stop drinking. The Twelve Steps program provides the way to recovery. All the members have the same destiny, so they listen to and learn from each other. They share their thoughts and feelings. It’s the best method of recovering from alcoholism.Another way such as psychotherapy may also be successful in helping alcohol-addicted patients. A well-qualified therapist who communicates with the alcoholic does psychotherapy. I...
