Chicagoan

In several of my posts I have described
my night of horror, the night I quit drinking.

The seizure, the uncontrollable anxiety
and the severe DT's.

I hope this does not deter anyone from
wanting to stop drinking.

I drank much over several decades,
that is why my withdraw was so severe.

If you drink moderately, if you quit,
you may have mild withdraw to no symptoms
at all (that is what they explained to me at detox).

If you have drank much alcohol over a long
period of time, go to your nearest detox center,
they know what they are doing, you will be
in good hands.

If I have discouraged a single person from
wanting to quit, it would damn near break my heart.

Dee74

I wouldn't worry about it Chicagoan - when we all share our experience the overall picture is usually a good and true one

The fact is none of us know what withdrawal awaits us - and it's not always based on the volume we drank either. I think you got a bum steer there with that advice, myself.

For everyone, the safest thing is to get some medical supervision

D

Hawk07

I'm on hour 24. Haven't been a daily drinker, binge drinking mostly for around 5 years. My last bender was pretty bad and I'm scared. Staying with family so at least I'm not alone. I'd say my withdrawals are mild-moderate so far. Slight shakiness in the hands, anxiety but nothing I don't think I can't handle so far. At least I feel about 20% better than I did this morning. Thank you for the reminder on just how serious and dangerous this can be.