Physical co-ordination

Co-ordination between hand and eye and slow reflexes are common when you try to quit drinking.

The common problems experienced are trouble with balance, problems with co-ordination between hand and eye and slow reflexes. These result in clumsiness. This often makes you feel humiliated and extremely low.

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Stress build–up

You fail to take action at the appropriate time and later on when stress builds up, do things that are completely inappropriate.

To complicate things further, all the above mentioned problems become worse during times of high stress. There is a direct relationship between elevated stress and the severity of these problems. Each intensifies the other.

The intensity of these problems creates stress, and stress makes the problems more severe. At times of low stress, the symptoms get better or may even go away.

Conditions that put a person in high risk of experiencing these problems are usually lack of care or attention to the recovery programme. Also certain life situations such as marriage, taking up a new job, starting on a new business venture, or moving to a new city, are stress-producing events.

These have to be consciously avoided during the first few months of abstinence. However, there may be other unanticipated events like the death of a family member, termination of one’s job, etc. Since one cannot remove oneself from all stressful situations, you have to be prepared to handle them when they occur.

It is often not the situation that bothers a person, as much as his reaction to the situation. Managing stress can be achieved through open sharing with someone you trust. Relaxation exercises also help in stress reduction.

You should realise that these problems are a normal part of recovery and are reversible with continued abstinence and a recovery programme. With proper guidance and support, you will be able to manage the problems and get out of them in course of time. Relapse is preventable.

(Source: Webhealthcentre.com )