how long do alcohol withdrawal symptoms last?

I recently started dronking becasuse of eight shattered teeth i drank for three months straight mass amounts
now i was able to get a little dental help but now for three days i have been very sick vomitimg hot
and cold sweting how long will this last?

Hi Everyone, I started drinking regularly at 20 and of course it gradually got worse and worse. It was so bad that i had major hangovers every day of my life, hardly ate, horrible headaches, flu like symptoms and the shakes at work when not drinking, counting the minutes till 5 o'clock came. Anyway, I had a alcoholic seizure at 30 and quit for a year but , of course went back to drinkingI really wanted to quit but the withdrawal was so bad I felt I couldn't get thru it If you can get your hands on some valium I suggest you do, even if you have to ask your Dr and tell him why. I have been to Betty Ford and i can tell you they do give you small amounts of valium for the withdrawal.I accually am the person that can go 7 to 10 days with insomnia from withdrawal , also hot ,cold ,hot, cold, sweating and then shivering freezing, , fever, numb feet, panic attacks. The valium will calm your shaking and panic. You also need tons of liquid as you are so dehydrated. Believe me when I tell you Pedialite for infants helps sooo much as it will help diaharea and it has tons of electrolytes which your body is completly lacking. Also switch it up with gatorade. I could not eat at all,and eating is a must. Even small baby bites, toast with honey, pudding, broth, oatmeal. drink herbal calming teas too.If you can't get valium try Sleep MD a herbal natural sleeping aid,even though it offered no sleep for me it helped the shakes. Sleepy time tea also. Try cold compresses on youy forehead and neck when sweating. I know it's so hard and anyone who hasn't lived it has no idea or sympathy, luckily I had my mom to help me and run to the store for all this stuff as I could no way drive, hardly walk really. Buy everything ahead of time and take at least a week off work if possible. After a couple days force yourself to walk, around the block, anything. Relax, watch movies, read a book. Don't beat yourself up mentally. Relax, relax, relax. Your body has just gone thru hell. Drink fruit juices and eat sugary food, this will help the alcohol cravings. Also take vitamins, a multi, B complex is a must, alcohol depletes your b vitamins, and milk thistle to help your poor liver recover and heal. I am not a big 12 step person, but I do attend AA meetings sometimes for support, anything that will keep you on tract.People on this forum have asked how long it takes, I will say each time you go thru it, it is worse and worse. Our bodys get less inclined to bounce back. The last time, I did not feel ready to leave the house for 1 month, really. I was so so weak. My body was telling me, begging me, no more. I think I have made myself allergic to alcohol as I get so so sick. I am small, 5 ft 4 and 110 and I could drink a case of beer in a day and a half.God willing, I am done, and I hope you are too! If you are reading this and saying, well, I am not that bad, YOU WILL BE!!!!! Believe me, there is no such thing as building a tolerance, you get weaker to the booze as you age. I do not feel left out by friends drinking, just feel good about how much better your body is getting returning to itself. I still have panic attacks, that was a bad affect in the end, made me almost immobile at work.Something changes in the nervous system, just breath, relax, close your eyes, they will pass. God Bless and Good luck!

This is my second proper day without a drink, i started 4 days a go and had a drink on sat and sun but only one for each day. I have been drinking heavily for about 10 yrs im now 29, when i say heavily i mean 2-3 bottles a night and a lot more at weekends, i will drink whatever is there.

I've been drinking pretty steadily for the last 10 years...my husband and I divorced and I fell into a pattern of consuming a bottle of wine every night...sometimes more. Without realising it, my life had slipped into a pattern where I was barely able to made it through the day. Everything felt difficult and it was hard to enjoy even the times I knew should be special. I missed things, destroyed relationships and let people down. I've now come to the reality that I just don't want to live like that anymore. It's day 5 for me sober... In that time...I've felt sick, haven't been able to sleep, hallucinated, sweated profusely but that was nothing compared to today...I woke knowing today would be a struggle...I'm slow and tired...so anxious and grumpy that my friends are fleeing and I'm not yet at the stage I can tell them about what I'm going through. The sugar cravings are huge...just made some ginger crunch and had a very large piece with a cup of tea...my head really hurts. I'm going to hang in there...The weekend is coming and I'm worried that I won't be able to make it through so I'm going to my first AA Meeting on Friday...

I feel this way about every 3 days. I was drinking a BIG bottle of red wine every night about 2 years ago. Now I've wittled down to about a normal-sized bottle of Pinot Grigio every other night...with some slip ups in between. I feel like a complete failure sometimes...other times I feel in control. I'm a mother of 2 kids and wish I had more strength to just give it up once and for all. I'm working on it every day.

Get yourself to AA

 wow.. i am in my 8th day i have had anxiety attacks, sweaty clammy hands and feet, shaky ness.. i quit smoking weed and cigarettes and alcohol all last sunday.. i feel miserable still... but im trying my best to stay strong. support is the easiest way i can tell... good luck. also let his health care provider know. they can give tips.

OK so I wrote in previously that I quit drinking cold-turkey in February - in my 50's & drinking daily 5-6-8 drinks a day for 40-years every single day.
My anxiety without drinking was pretty bad a lot of the time & my wife got me to go to therapy with a psychologist. I found that people with acute anxiety which runs in my family tend to abuse alcohol until it gets to a point where it doesn't help any longer no matter how much you drink & actually starts to make it worse.

SO here's where I've been over 10-months. I did not have a drink for 5-months & felt like sh*t most of the time & also was diagnosed with clinical depression [which sometimes accompanies severe anxiety]. I work out & go to my job, but just did not feel good or right mentally or physically.
After 5-months I started to have a beer occasionally with no after-effects & here is where it gets weird. I now try to control my drinking very carefully.
If I have a couple beers I feel like a "normal person" for several days or so and can go without drinking anything for a few days. The scenario is after so many days I start to feel crappy again & if I have a beer or 2 all the lousy feelings go away. I know people say if you stop altogether it gets better, but I can tell you after 5-months completely dry I felt like I was never going to feel "normal" again. I have stopped a few more times altogether & I start feeling crappy all over again until I have 1-2 lite beers & then life seems to return to normal. All I can figure is that I've drank alcohol almost my entire adult life and my body is so used to it [Addicted] that I cannot feel  "normal" without it at least in some small dose.

I'd like some feedback if anyone can relate to this. I have quit drinking socially almost altogether & if I have a drink somewhere I limit it to 1-period.
I also have not drank any wine at all and done away altogether with the bourbon & vodka I was so used to drinking every night. So now 1-2 lite beers and every couple days I stop for several days to see how I feel - this is how the last 2-months have gone.

Dump them all(the family/wife)temporarily)get yourself in a good clean sober enviroment with non drinkers and tough it out.of course if you start feeling suicidal or serious medical issues you need to have the ability to seek emergency medical help.after a period of time when you have recovered return to normal enviroment and if tries to offer or persuade you to drink,well then their no kind of friend,wife brother etc. so I would recommend shutting them out of your life somewhat permentally.You may find help at a local church,or place of spiritual being,but that's not even 100% foolproof.

Hey everyone! I am now 15 days sober and still feeling pretty miserable mostly in my head. I will randomly feel faint or dizzy and feel like I am going to pass out. I am starting outpatient treatment but I am very nervous. I don't know how long this will last and I am also worried that there may be something other then withdrawals that I am feeling. I have terrible headaches that seem to be severe in the morning and decrease through the evening/night. has anyone else had these same problems? I am worried that i might have a brain tumor also because of some things i have read but some of the symptoms are very similar. The headaches starting bad and decreasing is what's worrying me the most. Is that typical? also i have read some really incredible stories on this forum and would like to say congratulations and thank you to all and to keep on fighting because damn it sucks feeling this way and it's so hard not to have that drink but good job and keep it up!

I agree you need to remove yourself from these people if they truly are your friends and family they will understand. The support of others is CRUCIAL in your recovery and if you have people trying to give you alcohol eventually when you feel bad enough you WILL take it. You should be very proud of yourself for doing what you are doing most people even with support are not able to just quit on their own so congratulations! Seriously though, I believe you should seek help from kind of treatment center. Maybe if you can check yourself into an inpatient rehab facility where you will be surrounded by people after the same thing. However if that is not for you, i really suggest once again cutting the ties with these people at least until the symptoms stop and you are confident in your ability to be surrounded by drinkers and liquor and feel no temptation.

I too have quit recently and have certain symptoms including shakiness and anxiety which i think i can deal with,knowing it will fade.

What i would like to know,is intense itching all over the body but mainly

facial itching part of the withdrawal symptoms,and how long will it last.

It is driving me crazy.

Im an ozzie girl - we live to drink , alcoholism is all threw my family , ive stopped before but this times hectic . I guess its cause im older now and 23 yrs of alcohol abuse is seriously kicking my butt . I usued to drink easy a 700ml bottle at a time plus more in the club , black out every single time .I think its 3 weeks now with no alcohol and im having full blown panic attacks , i used to deal with stress by drinking now i do have that no more ,so the other day i was driving my daughter home from tafe on the freeway n i fekt like my heart was goin to stop . nearly crashed , not taking the change of driving again for a while , been to the emergency dept cause i thought i had heart problems , been sweating that much at night have to change sheets 2 times a night , i realise now this has to be withdrawals , my brain is not functioning at all .I started stuying and its prtty much pointless nothings staying in .When will this c**p end its been 3 weeks and i feel im only geting worse not better. My daughter is 18 she drinks like i used too . I tell her she doesnt want t o end up like this im 39 . Teenagers dont listen but now shes seem first hand what its like , so hope she realises.Never thought my alcohol usuage would end me up in this nightmaare . Please someone tell me the panic attacks go away , cause im having em day after day now n it takes hours to recover and they are terrifying .
deb

i was drinking 3-liters of cider everyday for 5years straight and only got withdrawl sympotms for  3days  and feel perfectly fine around day 5, but dont get me wrong i still have the urge to drink but i dont feel as if i need it physicaly anymore. but the first 3 days i thought i was going to die i couldnt eat sleep or drink water my body went into shock and had a seziure, all because i stop drinking all of a sudden which was the wrong thing to do was told to go to the doctors they can give you stuff to help wich i wished i did was the worst 3days of my life

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