congratulations on making the decision to cease your alcohol consumption. you are describing a condition called alcohol withdrawal syndrome. withdrawal side effects from alcohol in the body affects individuals differently. some will experience none to little in the way of side effects while others will have severe physiological and psychological symptoms. around the 4th or 5th day the symptoms of alcohol withdrawal syndrome tend to be at their highest level of intensity. at this point in your individual detoxification from alcohol the acute physiological withdrawal symptoms should be under control. some of these symptoms may include: sweating headache vomiting low grade fever black-outs intense thirst hallucinating seizures hand tremors racing heartbeats generalized anxiety and others. withdrawal from chronic abuse of alcohol over the course of years is serious business and can result in a medical emergency situation. in situations such as your alcohol withdrawal medical supervision would have been the preferred method. your current uncomfortable physical and psychological symptoms should be investigated and not ignored. based upon your history of heavy alcohol usage i strongly recommend that you have a complete physical examination a. s. a. p. to assess your overall health. it is possible that some long term neurological conditions and deleterious system changes or organ damage may have resulted from years of heavy alcohol dependence. no matter what lingering negative symptoms that do remain you're still ahead of where you would have been without stopping. over the course of time the quality of your entire life should improve for the better. i applaud your efforts at restoring normalcy into your life. the challenge now is to remain abstinent from alcohol usage through life style changes and support systems that you put into place. you just got off from a swaying 24 foot ladder at perhaps the 20th foot. if you get back on the same ladder it will be at the same 20th foot. after years of chronic alcohol dependence unfortunately we don't get the opportunity to start over again at the first rung of the ladder. best wishes for your continued success.
how long do alcohol withdrawals last. i have been an fairly heavy drinker for 20 years i am now 39 years old i have not had a drink in 19 days my withdrawal symptoms are nausea headache dizzy lightheaded wobbly eyes off balance at times hard to breath at times the list goes on if anyone out there can give me some advice or let me know when this will taper down please let me know thank you.