Published October 18, 2021 · Reviewed by Sergey Litvinov, MD · ~642 words

Heavy drinking damages organs and shrinks the brain, and a lot of that damage does not come back. If you cannot stop at one or two, that is the reason to look at an alcohol addiction treatment center . You may not see it yet. The people around you usually do. Binge drinking is one of the clearest signs that drinking has turned into a problem.

If you cannot control your drinking, the alcohol addiction treatment program at Pines Recovery Life Detox treats binge drinking and alcoholism. Contact us today by calling 800.263.3869 or filling out our online form.

Binge drinking and alcoholism

If drinking has become the thing you plan your day around, if it takes more of it to get where one drink used to get you, and if it is costing you at home or at work and you keep going anyway, that is alcohol use disorder. Left alone, some of the damage becomes permanent. Warning signs of binge drinking and warning signs of alcoholism include:

• Binge drinking. Drinking a lot in a short window. Most binge drinkers do not drink every day, but when they do they drink heavily. For men, more than five drinks in two hours counts. For women, four drinks in two hours.
• Drinking to cope with mental health disorders. Most people drink socially, to feel better among friends. Drinking because life has gone sideways, or because you are depressed, is a different thing. That is drinking to cover pain, and treatment has to deal with the pain as well as the alcohol.
• Drinking when you had not planned to. If you promised yourself or someone else that you would not drink and you drank anyway, you are not managing this on your own.
• Hiding your drinking. Drinking alone at home, or at a bar far enough away that nobody knows you. Lying about how much. Getting rid of the empty cans and bottles before anyone counts them. Once drinking has to be hidden, it has already become a health problem.

None of this has to keep going. Our team at Pines Recovery Life Detox treats alcohol addiction.

Find support for binge drinking and alcoholism at Pines Recovery Life Detox

Binge drinking affects one out of every six adults. Parties and celebrations are built around letting loose, which usually means drinking heavily in a short stretch of time. That pattern can be an early warning of alcoholism.

At Pines Recovery Life Detox in Pembroke Pines, Florida, our medical team treats you through withdrawal in luxury accommodations and keeps you as comfortable as the days allow. You can reach us online or at 800.263.3869 to find out what starting would look like for you.