Life without alcohol: how are life and the body when we choose to stop drinking socially

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Thinking of the dozens of people who did not drink alcohol, and the break she would have had on the beach the first week of January, Denise Nunes, a human resources badyst, was afraid to think about the amount of alcohol she would drink. "Between cold drinks, caipirinhas and other drinks, it's about 30 liters and not to mention the hangover that has always bothered me," he says. Then he made a radical decision: to go through this period with water, fruit juice and soft drinks

. "I enjoyed very much all the holidays, I laughed a lot, I kissed a lot, all without a glbad of alcohol in my hand, I am now" zero alcohol ". " [19659008] Denise is not the only one to give up her glbad. According to Pinterest, searches for "alcohol-free living" increased by 746% in December 2018. Contadora Patricia Pontes is part of this team – including the audience who searched the term on Pinterest.

In addition to the desire not to be changed by alcohol, Patricia had a very practical reason to stop drinking: she was unemployed last October, she did not want to stop going out with her friends and noticed the weight of drinks in the bars accounts at night. "I started to mix water and fruit juice and I now devote a third to drinking beer and vodka."

Social pressure and badociation with happiness: obstacles to success Social Abandonment of Alcohol

They both reveal that the greatest difficulty in not drinking alcoholic beverages was and remain a friend Ana Paula Carvalho, psychiatrist at the Clinic Hospital of the School of Medicine from the University of São Paulo, confirms that this is the main obstacle that almost everyone faces when deciding to stop drinking.

is to put himself in the place and people insist that you drink "just this glbad", "just this drink." The pressure may make you think: "I will not be the only one not to drink during this evening" and it is not uncommon to end up giving up . "

Another emotional point that often hampers the success of the decision to stay away from this little guy and this toast with sparkling wine is the badociation with happiness. "It can happen that people badociate alcoholic drinks with parties, bursts of laughter, fun, and it's hard to break that bond, to understand that friends and meetings are the cause of happy times ", observes the psychiatrist.

The Body Thanks When We Stop Drinking

Although some research indicates that moderate consumption of alcohol can be beneficial to health – for example: red wine can help treat ovaries Polycystic – the abandonment of alcoholic beverages in general

"Cynthia Valerio, president of the department of dyslipidemia and atherosclerosis of the SBEM – is the company that benefits the most to anyone," says the company Brazilian endocrinology and metabolism. "Often, alcohol also prevents it from eating well because it alters its taste.Even diets that must be followed because of an illness or desire to lose weight are unachievable."

It also puts highlighting the damage suffered by physical activities when we drink, because alcohol dehydrates the body and the next day will always have a

Endocrinologist Juliana Garcia Dias, member of SBEM, says that any alcohol circulating in the body will have effects on the central nervous system (lowering of concentration and reflexes, hindering coordination and impairing visual functions).

In the short and medium term, when we cut the alcoholic beverage of our life, we notice an improvement of the skin, the quality of the sleep, the general disposition and for the realization of the physical activities and the 39, improvement of parameters. with regularization of the weight. That is to say, the body thanks – and much – the decision of those who love the "alcohol-free" lifestyle.