A word of caution
 

I have been reading on this site for a while. I had an almost daily drinking habit. I would say 2 to 3 glasses of wine a day with more on weekends. I then got into a relationship with someone who doesn't drink so i switched to vodka to "hide" it. I kept the totals about the same equivalent amount .
Fast forward a couple years and a few times of being caught drinking, i began my journey with soberity.
The past 4 or 5 months have been mainly 20-30 days sober and 3-4 (binge) drinking. So you could say i was improving and my totals had gone down.
Then one weekend i binged and stopped cold turkey again as i had many times before. I actually felt really good, thinking this withdrawal was going to be an easy one.
On day 2 of withdrawal i was happily working in the yard. I took a small break, poured a glass of water, then looked up to find myself on the ground with paramedics working on me and a trip to the hospital.
Yep, it happened, that seizure people warn about. I never even considered the possibility. I thought you had to be much more ill or drink more and more often.
i am not trying to scare anyone. Just wanting to make sure others like myself know it is a real possibility and the advice of getting a medical detox, although intimidating, might just be the less scary option.
I had zero warning this was coming on, it's terrifying to think it could have happened while driving.

Hi Apri,

I'm glad you're okay. And, it's good to be reminded that withdrawing from alcohol is unpredictable and can be dangerous.

When I felt so weak and just "off" and became concerned about driving even if had not been drinking that day I knew I needed to stop, get well and cut it out for good.

it was taking a horrible toll on every aspect of my life

Apri - Thank you so much for the valuable information & for sharing what happened to you. To think that could happen with no warning is frightening.

Thank you for solidifying my commitment to never drink again.
I'm sorry that happened to you.

I did a medical detox and was warned about the dangers of alcohol withdrawal and why I was in the right place. I had no problems and after three days left but I was glad I did it that way because it gave me access to a Psychiatrist.

I'm glad you're OK apri - welcome to SR :)

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I could have written this post. 6 days ago I woke up in a hospital after suffering 2 seizures. Thankfully, my husband and what seems like the entire neighborhood was around to help when I went down. I thought I was doing great, I was on day 2, had no intentions of stopping permanently, just thought I'd take a few days off. I had no idea that I should be tapering, because I wasn't feeling ANY withdrawal symptoms. I came here to post about it, but found your post instead. I, like you, never even considered the possibility, I thought my body would warn me. Glad you are ok, good luck on the rest of your recovery.

Glad you are okay.

That's terrifying, I hope you are doing ok right now.

A very strong reminder that there is absolutely no need to drink, in small quantities, in time periods, or at all.

Thank you all for the well wishes!
I am doing great. That was a terrifying day to be sure, but might have been the final sign i needed to stop forever.
The correlation between booze and ambulance are cemented in my brain.
There nothing worth taking that risk ever.