| By :
Lam Bong
Long term consumption of alcohol can cause long term chronic health effects. For instance, excessive drinking of alcohol has been linked to stomach and bowel cancer, diabetes, heart disease, kidney failure, liver failure and many other conditions. Drinking alcohol excessively also brings a rapid decline in your mental health and thinking. Therefore, drinking alcohol can have a delirious and severe effect of your health which must be stopped. Here are 6 easy secrets to quit alcohol easily and effectively. 1. Drink non-alcoholic beer Non-alcoholic beer tastes the same or similar to real beer. The only big difference is there is no alcohol content. Therefore, transitioning from drinking alcohol to no alcohol is very easy. 2. Chew chewing gum The more you chew chewing gum, the more occupied your mouth is. Therefore, you do not feel the need to drink anything as there is something busy happening in your mouth. Also, the action of chewing helps the brain be distracted of tasting alcoholic beverages. Therefore the cravings you have for a nice cold beer is gone. 3. Drink lots of green tea Green tea is effective of getting rid of any food or drink cravings. This is because when you drink tea, your brain centres for hunger and thirst is diminished. This stops cravings immediately in the short term. 4. Drink beverages that contain a lot of caffeine Caffeine acts as a stimulant in your body. That is, it helps your mind and body be more alert and stop drowsiness. This helps to replace the thirsty cravings that you have in your mind at the current moment. Therefore, the more you drink caffeinated drinks, the less thirsty for alcohol you will have. So drink lots of soft drinks, Coffee or any beverage that contains a high level of caffeine. 5. Exercise Exercise keeps the brain constantly distracted and focused on the activity you are doing. Exercise also helps to make you stop feeling depressed as exercise release natural endorphins that make you feel happy. Exercise can also make you feel fit and motivated in which you can achieve anything! 6. Penalise yourself when you think about drinking a beer or spirit To reach a goal, you sometimes have to punish yourself so you don’t get distracted to reach your destination. Therefore, if your goal is to stop drinking, than you should penalise yourself if you think you would want a beer or spirit. For instance, if you feel the need to have a beer, you should pinch yourself and cause pain. When you do this, you remind yourself of the goal which will stop you from drinking.
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