Alcoholism | Common Symptoms, Signs, Causes, Diagnosis, Risk Factors, Complications, and Treatments

• They need to cope with trauma

Many patients with alcoholism had a history of trauma, and this problem is pervasive in individuals with posttraumatic stress. They feel the threat and traumatic memories come in, and then alcohol replaces these feelings with a sensation of being in control or at least calmed down and relaxed. Unresolved trauma should be evaluated to recover from alcoholism.