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How long does it take to get over Alcohol Withdraw?

I'm 28 years old, and I've been binge drinking every night for a very long time. Somehow I managed to still make it to work each day but felt hung over and sick every day. So I'd go back and drink to make the feeling go away and the cycle just basically continued. To put it into retrospect, I was consuming a whole 1.75 liter bottle of 100 proof vodka every 2 days at the peak. I decided I had a problem because it was starting to affect my work and I'd be so bad I'd pass out on the floor instead of sleeping in my bed. Last night was the first night I slept in it in well over a week.

My last drink was yesterday morning. When I would go to work in the past I noticed I felt shaky until I was able to get home and get a drink. So far I've felt really sick to my stomach, almost like it's on fire as well as nausea. I was dry heaving this morning for a while, I feel extremely shaky (I can't even hold my hands steady and am having difficulty typing it's so bad), and I almost feel disoriented. So far it's been a little over 24hrs.

Could anybody who has experienced this in their life please tell me how long I can expect these symptoms to last? I feel absolutely miserable. I was not expecting it to be THIS bad. Either way I'm going to see this through. I know I was on a dangerous path, but I intend to change that.

Anyway I'd really appreciate any advice and information about it from someone that's experience it or knows what I'm dealing with. Thank you very much and sorry if this question is poorly structured. I'm very out of it and am having trouble putting thoughts together.

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  • 1 decade ago

    hey man I feel for you, that could have been written by me 6 months ago.

    I tried for a long time to stop drinking on my own strength with no luck and just kept going through the withdrawals only to drink again as soon as i felt better thinking that this time would be different and that i could control it now but in my experience it only gets worse. the last time i felt sick, had the shakes and couldn't sleep for 10 days. i wouldn't want to class you as an alcoholic as nobody but yourself can decide that but here's the link for AA .

    http://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk/

    it might be a good idea to go to a meeting and hear what other people have gone through and what they're like now because of AA. I haven't had a drink now for 6 months and feel that i don't have to. the problem isn't so much stopping as staying stopped.

    good luck and i hope you feel better soon man :)

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    4 years ago

    you at the instant are not meant to withdraw from alcohol without scientific supervision. you're risking cardiac arrest and delirium tremors without the help of a scientific team this is familiar with what they are doing. you ought to be in-affected person at a rehab.

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