Shakes and sweats
 

Thank my lucky stars that I no longer have to endure the shakes and sweats,they are awful

Yes, the really physical w/d's are horrible. I find it interesting how quickly I have forgotten how bad they were in the past and went back to drinking! Never forget!

yeah i'd wake up in a pool of my sweat each night as my body sweated out all the booze. then in the morning i didnt get the shakes per say but i was edgy and had more of the jitters is the best way to describe it. I'd get so hot at night after all that drinking. And my mouth was like the sahara desert and no amount of water it seemed could hydrate me. It'd take all day to start to feel sorta normal again only to just start drinking again.

I don't miss them either--or the insomnia. Thanks for the reminder Delbert.

By the end, I drank mostly to avoid those dreaded withdrawals. They were horrific! I finally got to the point where I could not stop drinking on my own. My heart rate and blood pressure went crazy. Then my left arm, leg, and side of my face began tingling and going numb. It was after reading here at SR that most deaths during withdrawal are from alcohol addiction that I really began to take those withdrawal symptoms seriously.

Yeap, we don't have to ever go back there again, if we don't want to!! :)

Withdrawal was horrible and not something I ever want to go back to.

The physical withdrawals and soaking in sweat were nothing compared to the extreme mental anguish and anxiety I experienced.

Both are bad. Waking up at 5am shaking and having a panic attack from withdrawl. Considering calling 911. Praying I saved enough vodka from the night before so I can get back to sleep. No thanks. Never again. Hopefully

I just got out of the hospital where I detoxed, and it was horrible even with all the medications they gave me to help. I couldn't sleep without night terrors, sweating, and shaking. Choosing sobriety is the only choice, I never want to feel those horrible feelings again. Not worth it.