Q I'm in my 30s starting alcohol management for the first time. I want to know roughly what stages the care proceeds through and what I should do at each stage.
A Usually it goes through a stage of consultation and diagnosis to grasp the current burden, a recovery stage of setting moderation goals and clearing accumulated burden, and a stage of maintaining and checking habits. Practicing moderation must go along at every stage for the effect to build.
Detailed Answer
The general flow has three stages. First, consultation and pulse diagnosis grasp drinking habits, lab values, and body condition to check the current burden. Second, set an achievable moderation goal and focus on easing accumulated burden to recover from hangovers, swelling, and general condition. Third, maintain the improved state and check habits to prevent relapse. At any stage, the practice of reducing how much you drink is the core axis.
Our Korean Medicine Clinic's Perspective
Dongjedang sees this flow as a process of clearing, reviving, and keeping. After clearing out the excess left by alcohol and reviving metabolism, you keep that state through moderation habits. Care is a support for this process, and maintenance is ultimately created by daily habits.
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