In the second and third stages of alcoholism, changes occur in the person’s character under the influence of alcohol. Especially in the second stage, irritability, mood swings and very strong emotional reactions appear, the head of the department of drug addiction and substance abuse of the Russian National Research Medical University INOPR told socialbites.ca. NI Pirogov of the Ministry of Health of Russia, psychiatrist-narcologist Lev Blagov.
“In the second stage, the person’s character changes. For example, when drinking before, he experienced pleasant emotions, a feeling of joy, euphoria, and was “himself” outside of drinking alcohol. But in the second stage of alcoholism, the person becomes irritable, has constant mood swings, and inappropriately intensified emotional reactions, both when drinking alcohol and especially when not drinking alcohol,” Blagov noted.
In addition, the second stage is characterized by the disappearance of criticism of the person’s situation: the alcoholic is unaware of his illness, he is still “completely fine.” If at the first stage of the disease a person can still listen to the advice of relatives and change his behavior, then at the second stage this is extremely unlikely.
“In the third stage, the character also changes. Cynicism, aggression, cruelty, conflict, resentment and asociality increase. The person becomes primitive, does not understand humor, intellectual stress causes irritation, healthy interests disappear. “There is a mental decline in the patient’s personality,” explained the narcologist.
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Source: Gazeta
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