Originally Posted by
lafoie 
May I ask how long the symptoms persisted after you quit drinking and how gradual/noticeable was the recovery? If I only had hope that this would gradually subside within a year or so I wouldn't worry so much.
The symptoms mostly got better before I quit completely, leaving behind some minor tingling and temperature sensitivity. I was drinking less at that point because my body physically couldn't take as much as it once could without getting sick. It probably took about three months for the symptoms to subside to their current level.
I was having other problems related to the central nervous system (confusion, memory loss, inability to concentrate), so that's what got me thinking about the connection between alcohol abuse and nervous tissue damage. It's possible that this wasn't related to alcohol at all, but I can't think of anything else that could have caused it. I guess I'll never know unless it comes back (and maybe not even then, if the imaging tests didn't find anything wrong). Obviously not going to take the chance on further damage (of any kind) by drinking again, that's for sure.