Minor alcohol withdrawal after 72 hours of drinking?

[Elduderino92]

Hello, a few days ago I went on a binge of about 72 hours, I drank one 750ml of 40% alcohol, another 375ml of 40% alcohol, and about 3/4 of a 750ml of 46% alcohol, along with 3/4 of red wine and 15 cans of 6.1% beer. I woke up on the third morning with severe confusion and what seemed to be uncontrollable tremors, for example, my ab muscles would involuntarily contract and pull my head forward. It scared me to death, so I drank a couple of my remaining beers and it went away. I have still been feeling very rough and on the verge of panic since. Was this a mild case of withdrawal? I'm quite a heavy drinker and this was probably the longest and heaviest binge ive been on. I'm positive I'll never touch alcohol again.

[Heavenawaits817tx]

Bro I'm 23 I can relate!!! I partied hard as **** on the weekends that's what we do, then you start wanting to drink after work then next you know your an addict. Hard to accept but it's the truth now I didn't and wasn't going to AA. So I started smoking pot again for like 4-6 months then quit that and I've been sober 1 1/2 years off liqour. W/d can be life threatening so, defiantly have one person you can trust by you for the first few days just in case. If your really scared of w/d switch to beer ONLY beer and once you handle that taper off basically 12 pack to 10 to 2 beer a night. Hope something helps you make your mind up but trust me you'll end up a train wreck bro..

[Elduderino92]

I understand, I've abstained.

[TTinKKerBBell]

"drinking heavily on weekends" is STILL drinking - and is not giving Your body a chance to recover the assault that alcohol use has brought to Your body

Alcohol stays in Your system for 72 hours - and the damage You have subjected to Your body takes more than a week to repair.  That would mean that You are only alcohol free for perhaps 2 days out of the week.  Weekend drinking IS drinking

In Your very first post You ask if this was a "mild case of withdrawal"? - The answer is NO - it was Your body's reaction to prolonged use of alcohol.  The damage to the body from alcohol use is cumulative.  You deceive YourSelf when You think weekend drinking is okay.  You need to stop alcohol completely.

You were right to be "scared to death" by what happened to You.  If You continue drinking it WILL  kill You.  Alcohol (ethanol) is a poisonous substance and is just as harmful to You as any other drug.  Alcohol IS a drug and IS addictive.  One doesn't usually die 'outright' but alcohol maims and cripples (sometimes for years) before it kills - it also maims and cripples all those who love You.

P.S.  A meth addict who uses only on weekends is still a (practicing) meth addict, and an alcoholic who only drinks on weekends is still a (practicing) alcoholic.  

Recovery means TOTAL abstinance

[ibizan]

OMG!that movie just shook me to my toes!i've been sober/clean 31 years now and that very well could've been me if i would've continued!you say u mainly drink on the weekends?bet you drink enough in 3 days to make up for all 5! I too was a weekend drinking warrior!BUT daily pot and valium use took up the weekdays!I was always switching seats on the Titanic!Interestingly when it comes to booze,more people died during Prohibition of alcohol related deaths!Now it masks itself in heart disease and other conditions aggravated by the lousy habits of Americans who overeat,smoke,drink and now unfortunately opiate overdose themselves to death!:(

[Elduderino92]

I thought I was being a wimp, but it's really not normal to look like Nicolas Cage in Leaving Las Vegas.

[Elduderino92]

I've stopped drinking, regularly I drink heavily on the weekends, but I'm really going to try my best to stop. Thanks for enlightenment here, this was incredibly scary. I couldn't imagine what heavy daily drinkers have to go through.

To tinkerbell, I've read of alcoholism and knew of the extreme consequences, so I tried to taper the best I could. Thankfully I'm feeling much better than I was.

I never took booze seriously I guess, it's incredible this stuff is legal.

[TTinKKerBBell]

  "  it scared me to death, so I drank a couple of my remaining beers  " (!!??!!).

In my opinion it makes no sense to think what You needed in that moment was more alcohol rather than to think You needed to rid Your body of the alcohol already in Your system !!

if You truly are "scared to death" - the LAST thing You should do is drink more alcohol !!

You describe a history of  heavy use - Your reaction this time was accumulative to what You've been doing to Your Body all along and Your body is letting You know.  Your job is to listen to Your Body and take whatever steps (AA - support groups) are necessary to insure You stay with that conviction.

GoodLuck

[ibizan]

Mild?I'd say it was a MAJOR withdrawal!have you ever considered getting sober?