Psychiatrist Timur Mutaliev: when a person views weekends as a reason for drinking, it can quietly become alcoholism.
Psychiatrist Mutaliev said that tradition Drinking alcohol on weekends can develop into an addiction, even if it's just a glass of wine or a glass of strong drink.
“The habit of regularly drinking alcohol, even in small quantities, can significantly affect a person’s physical and mental health. The main danger is that this habit can become the beginning of the path to alcohol addiction,” he said while talking to Lenta.ru.
The doctor emphasized: if such an impulse is felt to drink in small quantities every day or every weekend, and a person does this, it means that an addiction has already formed. Mutaliev drew attention to the fact that in case of addiction, among other things, there is a psychological need for alcohol. Over time, this can lead to the fact that only by drinking a person will feel emotional satisfaction from life, while without alcohol he will not feel normal.
The doctor also reminded that there is no safe dose of alcohol – not even a glass of vodka or a glass of wine on weekends can negatively affect the body, harm the cardiovascular system, liver, and brain.
Earlier, the MedikForum.ru portal wrote that addiction to energy drinks can lead to stomach and intestinal cancer.
Important! Information is provided for reference purposes. Ask a specialist about contraindications and side effects and under no circumstances self-medicate. At the first signs of illness, consult a doctor.
Timur Mutaliev Health psychotherapist, psychiatrist-narcologist