 [ Symptoms ] why do alcoholics have night sweats  im an alcoholic and have night sweats what purpose does it serve the body to have night sweats normally sweating is a response the body has in order to cool off when i have night sweats i go between cold and hot and by body is sweating everywhere even my ankles it is so profuse that it soaks my sheets my clothes my pillow sometimes i wake up with pickled fingers what does the body do this in response to alcohol [ Disease ] yes it can be on both sides i had heard that it could not but have just been diagnosed and it is on both sides of my face it is not common but it can happen