Habitual drinking can lead to addiction sooner or later. Counseling centers in the district of Munich want to use the nationwide action week against alcohol in mid-May to explain the risks of long-term consumption.
Under the motto “How is your relationship with alcohol?” this year’s nationwide action week against alcohol will take place. In the district of Munich there is a lecture and film screenings. Those affected are often not aware that their consumption behavior is worrying. Because with a per capita consumption of 10.7 liters of pure alcohol from the age of 15 in 2018, Germany is considered a high-consumption country. The effect can vary from person to person – some feel relaxed and stimulated, others more numb or relaxed. Precisely because of the short-term positive emotional states, people tend to drink even more. Any glass consumed too much can be harmful to your health. Due to situational well-being, this gradual habituation can lead unnoticed to alcohol dependence.
According to figures from the German Head Office for Addiction Questions, around 1.6 million adults between the ages of 18 and 64 were alcohol dependent in Germany in 2018; another 1.4 million regularly drank so much alcohol that there was talk of abuse. In addition to the specialist outpatient clinic for addictions of the Caritas services in the district of Munich in Unterschleißheim, the psychosocial counseling and treatment center of the Blue Cross in Ottobrunn and the self-help groups of the Blue Cross in Haar, the association takes part in the events of the campaign week in the district.
The focus should be on the role of alcohol in our society, the warning signs that can point to problematic alcohol consumption and the possibilities of addiction and self-help to accompany people from addiction to a free life. Addiction therapist Linda Barth and self-help group leader Martin Kralowetz from the Blue Cross will talk about this topic in an online lecture on Tuesday, May 17, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. The dial-in works via the link https://meet.goto.com/670277653 or by phone using the access code 670-277-653. Specialists as well as those affected and their relatives as well as all other interested parties are invited to a joint exchange. Prior registration is not necessary.
The film “Der Rausch”, which deals with the consequences of long-term consumption, will also be shown in the Haar cinema (May 18, 7 p.m.) and in the Capitol cinema in Lohof (May 20, 7 p.m.). The focus is on the teacher Martin, played by Mads Mikkelsen, who wants to evade criticism from students and parents about the quality of his teaching. Together with three colleagues, they dare an experiment. They want to keep their blood alcohol level constant at 0.5 per thousand in everyday life through alcohol consumption. The result is initially positive, but the negative consequences are not long in coming.