Subject Line: Do You Have A Problem with Alcohol?

Dear Friend,

Do you have a drinking problem? This is a stark question to ask you but I would like you to ask yourself this question.

Are you reaching out to alcohol as something to sooth you or make you feel better about yourself? Is alcohol your crutch to help relax you or to deal with the stresses of work or family life? Are you finding that one drink becomes two and then three or so on. Or can you go days without drinking but when you do drink find it hard to stop? If any of the above applies to you, then I would like to introduce you to Rahul Nag. He lives in London, England and was a former problem drinker. He was made redundant during the last recession and found himself with a lot more free time and uncertainty and so started turning to drink to help him relax and also enjoy himself during the week.

However, the frequent drinking binges were leading to him have hangovers and waste the next day and feel generally unhappy and feeling like he was out of control.

Well Rahul was able to finally break free from his dependence upon alcohol and has never looked back since. He now enjoys going to bars and feeling crystal clear both during the evening and the next day and also is able to live more healthily and be more relaxed - plus save a lot of money on drunken nights out.

Since he overcame these issues, Rahul has developed a website to help other people do the same as he did. You can learn how to either moderate your drinking and stick to your limits and still enjoy yourself or to give up alcohol altogether if that is what you wish.

He has a free 20 page e-book on The Short Term and Long-Term Effects of Alcohol. You can get this here: www.alcoholfreesociallife.com

I hope this was helpful to you.

Regards,

Re: How you can take control of your drinking

Dear Friend,

Do you have a problem with your drinking? Is your drinking starting to get out of control? Or are you at the stage where alcohol appears to be the only way for you to relax and feel good?

Well, if you are at these stages then let me introduce you to Rahul Nag. He is a former problem drinker based in London, England who managed to overcome his reliance on alcohol for feeling good and dealing with stress.

These are his main tips for dealing with alcohol:

1. Become aware of how much you are actually drinking and why you are drinking this much
1. Make a note of exactly when you drink – on what days and with whom. What are the reasons for you drinking. For me, I used to meet up with my friends for a meal and drink every week and boredom was one of the main reasons why.
2. Make a decision as to what you want with your relationship to drinking
   1. Do you want to give up alcohol forever, for a few months or just to drink without getting drunk? Be clear as to what you want and then you can develop a plan to achieve this
3. Find alternatives to your current drinking routine
   1. What can you do differently to what you do today? If you currently drink at home most weekdays what else could you do instead. Could you go out or invite people round for a drink free dinner etc. Or if you get drunk every Friday night with your workmates, could you go out with other people instead.
   2. By finding some new alternatives you will be making your life more fun and also not needing the alcohol to give you the same feelings you need from it
4. Drink more water and slow down your drinking
   1. Do more to moderate your drinking. Drink more slowly and make sure you eat before you drink. Plus have a glass of water between drinks as this will rehydrate you and make you feel less drunk

These are just some small tips you can use today to get you started. I have developed a full course in which I worked with therapists from different fields who have worked with alcohol dependent patients.

Using treatments such as hypnosis to counselling interventions such as Moderation Management and cognitive therapy based SMART you can learn how to deal with your alcohol drinking and most importantly the causes of your alcohol drinking.

Please visit www.alcoholfreesociallife.com to find out more and to get your free 20 page e-book on The Short-Term and Long-Term Effects of Alcohol

Regards,

Re: Stop abusing your body with alcohol

Dear Friend,

If you are drinking heavily or more than you really should bearing in mind your age, sex and level of fitness then you could be doing long-term irreparable damage to your body.

The two main areas of your body which are affected by excessive alcohol consumption are the liver and the kidneys. Let’s have a look and see exactly what alcohol is doing to these parts of your body.

What The Liver Does: The liver eliminates 90% of alcohol in the body, 10% is excreted through urine and the breath. The liver can only deal with one standard drink in an hour. So, the alcohol in one pint of ordinary strength lager will take two hours to pass out of your body. The excess alcohol affects the brain, heart, muscles, and other tissues of the body.

Short-Term Problems:When the liver is breaking down alcohol it produces acetaldehyde, a substance which has toxic effects on your liver, brain and stomach lining, resulting in headache, nausea, vomiting and heartburn.

Also the liver needs water to do its work but alcohol is a diuretic meaning it removes water. So the liver has to divert water away from other organs including the brain making you feel worse and further dehydrated.

Long-term Damage To Liver: Cirrhosis of the Liver, Alcoholic Hepatitis, Fatty Deposits in Liver Effects on the Kidneys: Alcohol can have major impacts on the kidneys. The main ways are from causing cell damage and enlarging the kidneys to impacting the various hormones that control kidney function. Alcohol causes an ionic imbalance in the body that can affect many metabolic processes.

Skin: Because alcohol dehydrates your body and skin, this causes redness of the skin and makes it appear blotchy. This is particularly more marked with women as their skin is thinner than men’s so the effects are more marked.

Brain: In large amounts, alcohol interferes with some of the chemical messages in your brain. It dramatically reduces your ability to learn and form memories, which is why people experience "blackouts”. Long-term heavy drinking can lead to problems in learning new skills.

This information was provided to me by Rahul Nag, the owner of the website www.alcoholfreesociallife.com He is a former problem drinker who managed to stop drinking when he realised he was becoming addicted and dependent on alcohol as a means of stress reduction and for feeling good and relaxed. He was worried about the potential long-term effects of drinking.

Please visit his site for more information on the long-term effects of drinking and how to make changes in your life with drinking: www.alcoholfreesociallife.com

Thanks,