Obligative character of anosognosia during alcohol addiction is shown. Alcohol anosognosia (AA)
pathogenetic mechanisms of forming and its dynamic over disease progrediency are under investigation.
Necessity of overcoming or at least AA reduction in manifestation rate aiming at an
adequate patient’s attitude towards own disease, referring to either medical or psychological assistance
and remission stability sustaining is stated. Psychotherapy signifi cance as main remedy in
the process of manifestation corrections is stated, tactical methods usage while its conducting are
recommended. The existence of author’s method based on the active revealing and appropriate interpretation
of some somatoneurological alcoholism complications in patients (including subclini-
cal) in most cases and initiation by doing this the process of overcoming psychological protection
mechanisms, preventing patients from realization of the fact of the disease, is stated. Relative simplicity
and accessibility of proposed methods for those who mostly have no special training in the
fi eld of psychotherapy is stressed. Necessity for complex, persistent and long-term treatment and
rehabilitation programmes application to addicts is stated.