Genezingen van alcoholverslaving
Healing from alcohol addiction
R. S. (59), Bremen (Germany)
I started drinking alcohol when I was 16 years of age. For example, I drank 21 glasses of schnapps at an engagement party. After that I didn’t notice anything anymore. I also drank at social events such as fairs or gun club events, but above all at home-sweet wine or beer, for example. During my tour in the army 1963-66, I would drink a bottle of vermouth in particular on weekends. I drank especially heavily and continually during my 30 active years in merchant shipping. I started at 24 on a deep-sea fishing steamer and ended at 53 in April 1996 on a container ship.
Healing from alcohol and drug addiction and duodenal ulcers
S. T. (53), Springe (Germany)
After my sister's death in 1974, I had serious stomach aches with ulcers. I got tablets and injections against the severe pain. As no improvement occurred, gastric examinations were made in regular intervals. The diagnosis was chronic stomach and duodenal ulcer. I should learn to live with recurrent ulcers. After 20 years of pain (1994) I was totally down and had no more hope. I pepped myself up with alcohol. At first it was wine, later schnapps and finally I drank up to 2/3 quart daily. With the daily alcohol consumption I became unreliable and lost my job. Additionally I took lots of painkillers and tranquilizers, among others Valium.
Genezing van alcohol- en medicijnmisbruik
E.S. (48), Bremerhaven (Duitsland)
Vanwege persoonlijke problemen - ik was een alleenstaande moeder en had een zware baan - dronk ik sinds m’n 27ste levensjaar (1981) regelmatig alcohol. Daarnaast nam ik dagelijks kalmerings- en slaaptabletten, dubbel zoveel als voorgeschreven. Na meerdere ontwenningen thuis volgde er na twee, drie maanden steeds een terugval. Tijdens deze fasen van drinken nam ik twee, drie wekenlang dagelijks één tot twee flessen wodka tot me. Als ik anders angstig en depressief was, werd ik, wanneer ik dronk, agressief. Ik had ernstige slaapstoornissen.
Healing from alcohol addiction
H. W. (62), Mödling (Austria)
Alcohol was a part of daily life in my family. At about 15 years of age, I myself also began to drink beer and wine with my friends. After I had become self-employed, I hired an employee for one day a week in 1982. It came about in the daily routine that we would begin the day with a "breakfast beer". As time went on we would occasionally spend the entire day drinking in a bar - sometimes until late in the evening - instead of working together. On the remaining days I worked in the office, where I occasionally drank two or three bottles of beer. After work on these days my alcohol consumption would consist of three bottles of beer and five mixed drinks. From 1985 on, my colleague worked full time in my office and with this my daily routine and drinking behavior completely changed. I drank all day long and got home several times a week after midnight. Nevertheless I was at work every day at 7:30 and felt fit for work.
