Any recoverying alcoholic or alcoholic in the forum

Please dont try to stop on your own, it can be fatal if you are dependent on it. Please see you GP before taking any action.

"Individuals who regularly drink large amounts of alcohol (e.g. >80gm daily) may experience a withdrawal syndrome when ceasing or reducing their alcohol use. Alcohol withdrawal can result in severe and life threatening complications (e.g. seizures, delirium) if unsupervised or poorly managed. Withdrawal symptoms generally start within 6 to 24 hours of the last drink, peak over 36 to 72 hours, and usually subside within 5-7 days; although cravings, mood and sleep disturbances may persist for weeks. s Alcohol withdrawal seizures (tonic-clonic) usually occur in 6-48 hrs after last drink s Alcohol withdrawal delirium usually occurs 2-5 days after last drink s Alcohol withdrawal hallucinations can occur at any time during withdrawal."

Hi @MovinOn1, thanks for the additional information. Yes I know about the alcohol withdrawal, as my husband went through all of that when he was recently in hospital for a major operation. The Alcohol Withdrawal delayed his recovery quite significantly and he remained in hospital for 3 weeks in total, for something which should only have been about a week. It is also normal to put those affected by alcohol withdrawal on sedatives such as Benzo's (I dont think I can mention the actual medication here). And that really knocked him about as well, they think because he only has one kidney and thus it remained in his system for a lot longer than it should. Talk about relaxed! He was unable to move a muscle for days afterwards. You are right though, alcohol withdrawal can be a very serious issue, and should not be undertaken without appropriate medical supervision.

Your ongoing advice is very helpful, so thankyou.

Hi also to @Bubbles3 @-Rayne- @Sahara @utopia. I hope you are all doing well?

Sherry

@Former-Member@MovinOn1@-Rayne-@Sahara@utopia and everyone else i have missed

im glad to everyone talking about this issue. as it is a big problem in country. or everywhere for that matter. people think its a social able thing to be drinking every day but its not,. it kills people, it ends relationships. it end everything. and people dont see that. its the same as using drug but the only difference is, your allowd to do it.

i really do hope more people get there story out , on here, and we can surport you, but you also need professional help to. you cant do it on your own.

https://www.alcoholrehabguide.org/alcohol/withdrawal/

https://www.drinkaware.co.uk/alcohol-facts/health-effects-of-alcohol/mental-health/alcohol-and-mental-health/

@utopia@Former-Member@MovinOn1@-Rayne-@Sahara

@utopia

its a fissous (soory dont know how to spell it )

circle.

them 2 drinks always turn into more.

ill tell ya a little storry about my hubby.

now he drinks every day. he doesnt think he is an alcoholic but he is. he drinks every single day of the year. no breaks. there has been a few nights here and there where he has had no beer and i can see he is suffering from withdrewals. (once again, spelling is fk). i can see it because i have been there. he get angry, starts shaking and he takes it out on all of us. now the only reason i know he is an alcoholic is because i was one myself. im still recovering myself. i will have one where i am angry and i will start drinking , (even at this stage of my recovery) and once i start , i cant stop. and ill do again the next day and then the next and i will continue to do it until i hit rock bottom. then i have to take meds to stop myself from drinking again. but back to my hubby....... i know he is an alcoholic, i can see it. he doesnt want to admit to it. he doesnt think he is . he thinks he is just a normal guy coming home from work and just having a few beers. he goes through 4 block of beer in a fortnight . on weekend he knocks them back like no tomorrow.

when i first starting giving up drinking , every time he came home from work i would have to stay in my room and sleep because i couldnt bere the thought of him drinking and not me. that happened for months. i would just go in my room. he didnt like it but thats all i could do just to pass the arge to drink. it was the hardest thing i have ever done in my life, giving up drinking.

now i can be around people that drink most of the time depending on my mood. and depending om my mood i slip up and drink. still. yes i still slip up. but now i get up the next day and start again. and i would go months again without drinking.

i am happy with what i have acheived . and im proud with i have acheived. im a better mum and wife because of it.

and i tell ya what

its nice not waking up with hang overs everyday.

sorry for the long story but i wish you all the best of giving up, if you choose to @utopia

Ask yourself - is my life unmanageable? Is alcohol another part of the problem? Also, remember you are putting your health at risk each time you drink. It's especially worse for women.

"Research consistently shows that drinking alcoholic beverages -- beer, wine, and liquor -- increases a woman's risk of hormone-receptor-positive breast cancer. Alcohol can increase levels of estrogen and other hormones associated with hormone-receptor-positive breast cancer. Alcohol also may increase breast cancer risk by damaging DNA in cells.

Compared to women who don't drink at all, women who have three alcoholic drinks per week have a 15% higher risk of breast cancer. Experts estimate that the risk of breast cancer goes up another 10% for each additional drink women regularly have each day."