Article by Steve Ballmer

Alcohol, when taken in regular intervals or daily for drinking can lead to its addiction. A body automatically adjusts its chemical balance and builds up a deficiency mechanism which can only be filled by alcohol intake. This chemical imbalance could lead to a serious problem of alcohol deficiency. This addiction could lead to intense cravings and increase of stress and unpleasant physical reactions like insomnia, hallucinations and even depression.So, to combat the alcohol addiction the alcohol detox program is the best method. Alcohol Detox Symptoms are said to be those which arise when alcohol intake is suddenly stopped. People who have a habit of regular intake of alcohol or drink alcohol in large quantities sooner or later fall into its addictive trap. Proper acknowledgement of addiction and realizing it as a problem that needs cure is the first step towards alcohol detoxification. Alcohol Detox Symptoms begin to emerge within a couple of days of the initiation of the treatment. Within the next month or so the symptoms intensity increases, attains a peak and then gradually tapers off. Though an alcohol detoxification removes all signs of alcohol abuse, but certain alcohol detox symptoms still linger on for sometime. Alcohol Detox Symptoms have been divided into three classes of mild, moderate and severe detox symptoms.Mild alcohol detox symptoms appear in patients within few hours after the drinking like:* Mood swings* Nausea* Bad temper* Difficulty in sleeping * Shakes* Severe craving or alcoholModerate alcohol detox symptoms appear in patients who are physically dependent on alcohol like:* Shakiness* Vomiting* Fatigue* Headaches* Dilated pupils* Sweating in palms* Rapid heart rate* Involuntary or abnormal body movementswhereas, severe alcohols detox symptoms include disturbing and intense symptoms of:* Blackouts* Loss of entire periods of memory* Physical convulsions* Fever* Emotional agitation* Extreme anxiety or irritabilityIt is advised by physicians as well as doctors who treat alcohol addiction carefully to monitor the patient even after he has successfully completed the detox treatment. Alcohol detox symptoms are an issue of concern where health of the patient is involved since some aftereffects of the treatment pose as threat to the patient’s health.

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How long after taking a benzodiazine like valium, xanax etc. or a biturate is it safe to drink alcohol ?

Im using the meds to keep myself free from stress during big parties

okay, every other weekend i drink alcohol with a few friends. i usually end up drinking a lot, and the entire next day my face will go numb and i will have severe panic attacks… it’s not your typical hangover and it will last all day. i have a history of having panic attacks, but i just wonder is this normal? does this ever happen to you?

My husband just spent three days in a detox unit for alcohol addiction, and all he has done today is sleep, and he has been giving me the cold shoulder. Is this normal behavor?

Last night I drank a Malibu cocconut and some licquor. I had done the same thing the day before, though I felt fine. Yesterday I started getting tipsy, very sleepy and at one point I was getting a panic attack: I felt that sickening cold spreading through my body and my face (like all the blood was leaving my face), I couldn’t stand properly, I was feeling out of control.

I went to the bathroom a couple times because I felt sick (probably just the anxiety acting up) but nothing came out. I nearly fell asleep there and when I opened my eyes again I felt so out of it, like I didn’t know where I was or who I was or something. It really freaked me out. Especially because I hadn’t had a panic attack in months!

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For the last few months I have been getting pain in my upper right quadrant after drinking alcohol. I have been a heavy drinker since my university days, I’m now 33, and at one point would probably have been consuming up to 100 units per week.

In January of this year I decided that my drinking had to stop as I realised that I was abusing drink and using it as a tool to mask depression, anxiety and general unhappiness. Around the same time as I decided to tackle my mental issues I started getting these pains on the right hand side of my abdomen (coincidence?) around the bottom of the ribs.

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I have used ecstasy a few times in the past. The first few times I think it had mda in it as well, but about two weeks ago I got the real deal. I rolled three times that week and had a terrible hangover afterwards as well as mood swings and mild depression. Now after a week or more of feeling like shit I feel like a million bucks. I know that ecstasy is bad for you but why do I feel so good now? I have never felt this good without a drug for a long time. Is it possible that occasional mdma use can actually improve your mood?

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The day after I get drunk, I usually have a mild hang over. You know, I’m sort of sluggish and dehydrated. That’s about it.

But emotionally, I feel really depressed and almost guilty about something. It’s a heavy dreary feeling. The first few times this happened, I kept feelin like I had done something wrong. But now, I realise it just happens after I drink a lot. There must be a chemical cause to this awful feeling associated with hang over. Does anyone else have these effects or know what causes it?

(Also, I drink an appropriate level of alcohol. I get really drunk on those occassions when others are drunk too- for example at a wedding or a holiday or a party. Friends and family drink a lot, but I’m not talking about regular boozing)
I’m not asking for advice. I know it is a depressant and I know that I could obviously just not drink to avoid the feeling.

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I dont drink very much, maybe once every week to two weeks, but i just got back from vacation with a bunch of friends for 5 days and i was usually drunk by 11am and would stop drinking at 2 or 3 am. Is it possible that i’m feeling alcohol withdrawal after this vacation even though i only drank for a few days?