Four Helpful Tips for Recovering Your Health After Binge Drinking

Drinking alcoholic beverages in moderation like red wine and even a beer or two has been proven to have several health benefits. Some people, however, drink much more than what is recommended and it can result in declining health. Whether you have drink binges on a regular basis or just occasionally, the alcohol can wreck havoc on your entire body, especially your liver. You can fully recover from the effects of drinking binges as long as you can stick to a special regime. Unless you're a full-fledged alcoholic, you can drink occasionally in the future, but only after you've healed your body from the damage excess alcohol has caused.

Recovery tip # 1 - Stop binging - It's imperative for you to stop binging or drinking any alcohol at all while you're trying to heal your body. If you believe you're an alcoholic and need help stopping your drinking binges, seek help. There are 12-step programs in just about every community as well as addiction treatment centers. Don't feel embarrassed or like a failure if you require help stopping your drinking-you're only human.

Recovery tip # 2 - Get a complete physical - It would be a good idea to go to your doctor to have a complete physical workup, including blood tests to rule out any issues that may have arisen as a result of your binging. You could have elevated liver enzymes, a fatty liver, or even cirrhosis, which is serious and potentially life-threatening. A doctor can treat any condition that you may have, which will help immensely when you're trying to recover your health after heavy alcohol drinking.

Recovery tip # 3 - Flood your body with healthy, nutrient-rich foods - Alcohol drinking in excess can negatively affect just about any part of the body. After you've stopped drinking and had a physical, you'll want to take steps to clean up your diet as well. You don't have to deprive yourself of all your favorites right away, and you may want to make a slow change. The most important goal is to add healthier foods into your diet. Foods in their natural form have the ability to completely heal the body. Staying away from fast foods, trans fats, processed foods as well as high-calorie cakes, cookies, potatoes chips and donuts is as important as adding in fresh fruits, vegetables and whole grains. You would be surprised at how much better you'll feel by eliminating all the "bad" foods from your diet.

Recovery tip # 4- Take high-quality supplements - Quality supplements can accelerate the healing process, and you may want to focus on adding in a good multi-vitamin in addition to additional vitamin C, and also herbs like dandelion, milk thistle and licorice, which have been proven to be superb at reversing liver damage, even in the most serious cases.

References

The Diet Channel red wine benefits page - http://www.thedietchannel.com/Wine-and-Health.htm

Alcohol and liver health page - http://www.alcoholanswers.org/alcohol-education/health-topics/alcohol-effects-on-liver.cfm

Nutrition and eating - http://naturalhealthperspective.com/food/

Liver herbs information - http://www.mothernature.com/Library/Bookshelf/Books/15/45.cfm