Drink Water: to Replace Drinking (Alcohol)!

Here is that water drinking advice to replace “drinking too much” that I found in http://www.womensheartfoundation.org website. They seems to assume that people some times “drinking alcohol just to quench a thirst” of water! I found it very interesting because it features FIRST in their “Learning Healthier Behavior” tips given in their website on the matters of prevention and treatment of alcoholism and its diseases. Please note also the point no 3 and 6 having similar connotations. It seems to have some thing in common with my Low-Alcohol Drinking (LAD) or the Zero Alcohol Drink (ZAD) contention, in the prevention and treatment of alcoholism and the diseases associated with it.

However the ZAD Alcoholism Prevention Treatment involves not only the “thirst” but also the “taste” and the “stomach”. All these three ‘biological desires of drinking’ combined satiety enables the people (prone to alcoholism) to considerably reduce their overall alcohol consumption and succefully preven alcoholism. Read the Essence of it in the next blog “The ZAD Essence”.

See it in their webpage given below:
http://www.womensheartfoundation.org/content/HeartDisease/alcohol_and_heart_disease.asp.


Learning Healthier Behaviors

Cutting back on drinking or abstaining altogether isn't easy.
If you have a physical dependence on alcohol, you most likely
need medical assistance to help you to break the habit. If you feel
you just drink too much as a pattern of behavior you've slipped into, then,
here are some tips to replace drinking behaviors with more healthful ones:

1. When you eat out, order up a glass of water and some food. Drink the water right away so that you are not drinking alcohol just to quench a thirst. Having food to eat will slow the absorption rate of the alcohol and keep your hands busy.

2. Discover new places. Sports bars usually have other activities you can busy yourself with while socializing. You can throw darts, play a game of pool or challenge a friend to an air hockey match. There's lots you can do besides just sitting at a bar and drinking.

3. Order up a non-alcoholic drink. If you just ask for a glass of white grape juice in a wine glass, or you get a non-alcoholic beer in a beer mug, no one is the wiser but you.

4. Find supportive friends. What do you have in common with your current friends besides drinking? What would you do or talk about if you weren't drinking? If you don't know, then it's time to move on.

5. Get involved. Women must give up their care-giving role as their children mature and leave home. This time period is often referred to as the “empty nest”. Rather than allowing an empty feeling to creep in, why not give of your time and energy to a worthy cause?

6. Relax at home with a sparkling gingerale or tonic water with cranberry juice. It's festive, fun and refreshing.