lifesbetternow

Hi everyone this is my story...

Im age 21...
I first got drunk at roughly age 12-13, I enjoyed it so much that by the time I was age 15-16 I was binge drinking most weekends. It started out as what seemed just having fun and partying.
By the time I was 20 I was drinking most days and smoking 20+ cigarettes a day and would have the regular full on binge every 2 weeks say, that once or twice went on for a few days solid. In New Zealand the drinking culture is much like this. Anyway around about February 2010 I had decided to really cut my drinking down and was drinking really only on occasions like birthdays ect...
By March 2010 I had stopped drinking altogether, and thats when I started having these episodes. It first happened when I was driving, all of a sudden I felt anxious, sweaty, dizzy, feet and hands felt tingley and my heart started racing and felt generally uneasy. I thought I was dying. I went straight to the Emergency Clinic, they gave me an ECG heartscan, checked my bloodpressure, did every blood test on me possible. Poked and prodded everywere. And when the blood tests came back they said im perfectly healthy, and i couldnt be better. So with a clean bill of health but no real answers i continued on with life. I will note that I had a few drinks between this episode and the next episode. Then it happened again in July 2010 and this time I went to hospital and they observed me overnight and put me on a treadmill ect. Once again I was discharged with a clean bill of health and no answers. So I headed home to rest when I realized I hadnt told the doctors that I use to be a heavy drinker, all I did say was I use to drink a bit and now I drink very rarely so when I got home I googled my symptoms. And to my surprise they are identical to what you get from alcohol withdrawals. So I decided to go cold turkey around about 20th July. Its August 25th today and I feel great now that I have kicked smoking and drinking. And the episodes have reduced in severity a hell of alot but...
The problem is this:
Most nights at exact times I use to be drinking (between 5pm-11pm) I get these feelings of anxiousness, and feelings of uneasyness, my foot and/or hand can go a bit tingley, and sometimes my heart rate increases a wee bit, I also get strange rushes of adrenaline from time to time. My moods seem to go from really good and happy, to when I get these symptoms I generally feel down and cant be bothered doing anything. Once again I will say these symptoms arnt really bad anymore, compared to when I stopped drinking completly at about 20th July.
I havnt had any treatment or medication or seeked help since my second visit to hospital in early July, the reason being partly due to lack of money for doctor and because I didnt want to have medication as I felt it could cause other problems.
What I want to know is will my symptoms continue to improve and what should I expect to come???
In the first few weeks it seemed like hell on earth and I was convinced that I was dying, it is without doubt the hardest thing ive ever done, I havn't really told anyone about my quitting from drinking and I just ideally want someone to talk to and answer my questions and support me.
Its been a rough ride but I feel im through the worst of it, and the sypmtoms are now bearable.

Thankyou for reading: Julian