Thanks.

I have been drinking for 15 years and it got to the point where I couldn’t stand myself or my life anymore. I quit 8 days ago and it’s been miserable. I feel weak and sick like I have the flu, I’m antsy and irritable and can hardly sleep. I don’t feel much better now than I did the first few days. Has anyone else gone through alcohol withdrawal? How long did it take to start feeling better?

i drink about 5 beers a night. i want to quit cold turkey. i have before. it was nothing more than sweating at night and a little trouble sleeping. i want to know what will help me get a good nights sleep if i don’t drink at all tonight.
do some people have nothing else better to do than sit on yahoo answers and try to get people to laugh at their lame jokes? i don’t have cash for a doctor by the way.

I know that sometimes people (and their families) don’t even realize that they are addicted to alcohol until they are hospitalized or something similar where they suddenly can’t drink and they go into withdrawal.

What I want to know is, about how much a day would someone have to drink in order to experience PHYSICAL withdrawal symptoms if they stopped?

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Hello,
I have been drinking heavily almost daily for the last two months. I have decided i want to stop drinking and try and get control of my life.
It has been about 20 hours since my last drink.
I have a headache which is painful on the left side of my head. I also am feeling a bit dizzy and tired.
will this get any worse? what can i do to make it better?

This is a bit long so please stick with me, thanks.

I got sober last week after an horrific withdrawal process which saw me get severe shakes and sweats, insomnia, agitation, hallucinations and most of all panic attacks. This withdrawal passed and so did all the symptoms, except the panic attacks.

It’s a week now since I last drank and I spend every day hysterical with anxiety and panic attacks. I can’t eat properly because I’m always feeling sick to the stomach and I can’t sleep that much because I’m so anxious in the first place.

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Although Mildred never experiences withdrawal symptoms when deprived of alcohol, every

afternoon she wants at least one drink to relieve her stress. Mildred has developed:

1. neither a psychological nor a physical dependence.

2. a physical dependence.

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