Illness symptoms have been given names such as: headache, indigestion, stomach ache, diarrhea, constipation, hayfever, asthma, eczema, sinusitis, arthritis, high blood pressure, and cancer.
They are called diseases, but are more correctly “dis-ease indicators” These indicators are signals, or symptoms, of more serious problems within the body.
They are the body’s effort to get our attention, telling us that it needs supportive help to correct underlying conditions of imbalance which, if left to continue, will develop into serious disease conditions.
When we take medication to make a discomfort go away, we trade short-term gain for long-term pain, lower levels of energy, and ill health in the future. We should, instead be focusing our attention, not on the annoyance of the symptom, but on what the symptom is trying to tell us.
What have we been doing wrong that is causing the body to complain? The symptom is not the problem; it is our friend.
If we pay attention to this communication and cooperate with it, our bodies will work to correct the deeper conditions and save us from greater suffering and poor health in the future.
Our thinking should be:
* What does my body need to be able to correct the cause of this distress?
* What is it lacking?
* How can I avoid contributing to the distress?
* If I take this or that remedy, will it help or hinder my body?
* Will it make my body healthier, or will it lower my body’s nutrient and energy reserves and further weaken my immune system?
* Am I working with my body or against it?
* Am I helping my body or abusing it? Symptoms arise because of deficiencies, toxicity, and imbalances within body fluids and cells. Only the removal of causes will bring about true and lasting health.
Achieving Results
When working to eliminate disease conditions and regain health, keep in mind that each individual is different. Just because someone experienced great results in a certain amount of time does not necessarily mean everyone will.
Some conditions can be reversed quickly, while some can take a year or more before there is a breakthrough to positive results. The timing for things to begin happening depends on the following:
* Genetic make-up: health of ancestors.
* Diet as a child.
* Diet since childhood.
* Lifestyle habits of eating, drinking, smoking, drugs, exercise, rest, and attitudes.
* Stress in the person’s life.
* Exposure to environmental toxins, emfs, and geopathic stress.
* Belief system.
As well, a commitment to:
* Healthy attitudes.
* Wholesome diet.
* Regular exercise.
* Health-building supplements that cleanse the body and replenish its workers.
Continual understanding of symptoms and causes.
Whenever we have a physical problem, or symptoms of a malfunction, or disease within the body, we should be asking:
* What is causing this?
* Why is my body acting this way?
* What is it telling me?
* What is it trying to correct?
* What experience(s) in my past could be contributing to my present condition?
* How can I cooperate with my body to assist it in its detoxifying and corrective healing efforts?
* Is what I am eating, taking as a supplement or drug, helping or hindering my body in its efforts to cleanse itself and replenish its enzyme and bowel flora workers and body-building nutrients?
* Is what I am doing acting only to suppress my symptoms to make them go away?
* Am I working for short-term relief or for long-term health?
The extent to which we understand and apply the principles of natural health to our own lifestyles will determine our results, and also the timing of those results.
Every human body naturally wants to travel back up the road to health.
The lifestyles we have had, the physical and emotional challenges we have, and our openness to reexamining our thinking about health will determine how long that road back will be.
Ron Garner
http://www.articlesbase.com/non-fiction-articles/is-it-better-to-treat-the-symptoms-or-the-causes-99220.html
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Is it better to treat the cause or the symptoms of alcoholism?
6 months ago I had a initial assessment(and full blood test) as to whether my drinking is a problem(as I was drinking 4 cans of strong lager per day) and failed to recieve the letter they sent offering a follow up apointment. 3 months ago I was referred back to them for yet another "Initial assessment and again heard nothing in reply.
I was(am) unemployed at the time and was referred to COAST((Community outreach and support team) I think) two months ago and have a brilliant 1 to 1 support worker who thinking I need to go into Rehab to deal with it, contacted the people who did the initial assessment and they said I don’t have a problem????
I’m now suffering physical/psychological effects of alcohol dependency which I feel if was taken seriously at an earlier time could have been avoided
Yes or no?
I’m not talking tetleys 3.4% I’m talking 4 cans of Super strength Lager 9% stuff! not boasting cos I know I’ve got a prob, because its what I think of when I wake up:-(
Sorry gartom, unusually for a bloke I had a multiple posting!!LOL
4 cans a day isn’t a lot, or has it gone up since then?
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I answered this question and it was removed!
So I’ll write it all again
I think it’s a shame not enough people recognise alcoholism as an illness, which it is.
I think they should help you treat the reason why you are drinking, once your healthy mentally they can then work on the symptoms.
Don’t stop badgering them Elric, make sure you get the help you need!
Good luck x
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Edit: You should be so lucky! Lmao
Try to cut down to say 3 tinnies & stick to lower alcohol 4% brands. You are not drinking a big lot but it is better to be on the safe side.
There are some drugs for psychological problems, that don’t mix with any alcohol so read the instructions on any medication
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Yes your problem should have been taken seriously. I think that most people tend to neglect the causes of such behaviour, and almost blame the sufferer for something that my be totally out of their control.
Do you feel like the only solution is to go to rehab? If you aren’t being referred you could try other things, like staying with family, for instance.
Best wishes.
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I think it’s brilliant that you are admitting you have a problem, and are looking for help……..INSIST on having more help from your GP,and INSIST you get it.. My husband has had alcohol problems for years,but still won’t admit he needs help—even though I know he hides it all over the house, and buys and drinks bottles when he ‘pops’ to the supermarket, and he says I am paranoid! Even though he stinks of it! .Good Luck
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Both, without wanting to scare you Alcohol is in the bottle and the ISM (as in alcohol-ism) is in the person. If you take away the booze then there is still a problem, there is a reason why someone whats to change the way they feel on a regular basis by using alcohol. Alcohol is the tip of an iceberg. I would recommend AA, its saved my life and its free, try and few meetings and make up your own mind to see if you are alcoholic. It sounds like you have acceptance already and are on your way to doing something about it which is the first major step. x
Email me if I can help further and all the best
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Recovering alcoholic sober nearly 5 years, best thing I ever did.
http://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk/
Treat the cause. AA is a good place to start. The physical effects repair themselves (mostly) over time once you deal with quitting.
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Treat what causes you to drink and then the alcoholism (which is a symptom and not the cause) should be treated you need to do what gartom said and keep on at them.
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Yes Elric you should have had that help in the very first place – you know your problem, they don’t. It is always better to treat the cause in the first place because then the symptoms will be much easier to deal with. Good luck Elric I so hope you get the help you need. xx
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4 cans is 8 units a day if it’s 5%. So 56 units weekly is a lot. I’m really pleased you have a support worker. I believe you need to go into detox as your carer says & then to attend a community alcohol support unit daily. You also need to improve your diet & increase your weight. You will soon begin to feel better but it will be difficult. Will your GP fund a stay at the Priory for you? Ask him/her. Good luck X
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Definately the cause, only once you’ve dealt with that can you move on to dealing with the problem!
Watch you don’t end up with Korsokoffs or some other alcohol related dementia, it’s much more common than you think, and definately worth reading up on, especially for you Elric!
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the causes are the most important in my view ( my sister in law is in a relationship with an alcoholic – 8 cans of regular stuff weekdays -many more weekends) she feels so neglected and unloved but although he promises to stop he doesnt-i believe its because he isnt treating the cause-just the symptoms. i know how hard it is-you should get a job though. it will give you more focus and there is no need not to have a job. we all have to work and it gives us a sense of self worth. there are loads of jobs around-even if its just a low paid shelf stacking work to start with-it will get you out there! good luck,
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you need to treat the cause before you can effectively treat the symptoms. once you get to the bottom of why you started drinking in the first place you will find it easier to treat the symptoms. it’s not going to be an easy road though. badger them and badger them and then badger them some more. don’t let them fob you off. you have a problem, you know you have a problem. now is the time to start. i wish you good luck, whatever you do don’t give up trying. x
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If you feel it is a problem,then simply my dear it is.Alcoholism is defined as frequent and consistent consumption of alcohol.If it’s a ‘habit’ then it is a habit,a bad one.I’d go with your gut instinct.Rehab is no barrel of laughs,but it can and does help if you truly commit yourself to the program.(please don’t go to the "rehabs" frequented by the likes of Britney and Lindsey,those are not rehabs,but cash cows) Drinking everyday and building up tolerance to this drug can and will direly affect your health,both physically and mentally.Get yourself the help that you feel you need,no matter what anyone says.I wish you good luck and happy trails on the way to being sober
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A proud recovered alcoholic and narcotic survivor who underwent rehab successfully.
Watching my mother progress from "a few cans a day" to a ful case of beer and now a in a very sad state indeed.
Having lost a best friend to a drunk driver.
There are basically two types of alcoholics in the world, practicing alcoholics and non-practicing alcoholics so you must become a non-practicing alcoholic.
You are consuming double the safe drinking limit so you are definitely a problem drinker. Your only solution might be to stop drinking completely. Alcoholics and problem drinkers who try to drink in moderation usually fail miserably as one thing leads to another.
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