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Alcoholism Withdrawal Symptoms

If an individual has been regularly drinking for a long time of time, their body will become tolerant to alcohol. When the individual stops drinking and the supply of alcohol to the body suddenly ceases, alcoholism withdrawal symptoms are likely to occur.



Alcohol depresses the central nervous system, this means it has to work a lot harder than usual in order to function. When the level of alcohol in the body rapidly drops a significant level, the body is not able to adjust quickly enough to counteract this. As a result the central nervous system functions at a much stronger level than it needs to - it has become over-active. It is this over activity that causes alcoholism withdrawal symptoms to affect someone who has recently stopped drinking alcohol.



Alcoholism withdrawal symptoms vary greatly between different individuals. Some people find they are not affected at all by alcoholism withdrawal symptoms, others may be affected by a variety of different symptoms. Typical alcoholism withdrawal symptoms can include the following:

• Shakiness or tremors, noticeably visible in the hands


• Sweating more than usual, and more often


• Agitation raised levels of anxiety, possibly even panic attacks


• Loss of sleep, or a difficulty sleeping


• Loss of appetite and/or nausea and vomiting

In more severe cases alcohol withdrawal can come with the symptom known as delirium tremens. The symptoms that occur at this stage include confusion, disorientation and visual hallucinations. If you seek a medically supervised detox when giving up alcohol it is unlikely that you will suffer from these extreme alcoholism withdrawal symptoms.

The best way to stop drinking is to go through a course of medically supervised detox. Prescription medication is used to replace the effect that alcohol would normally have on the body. Other medication is then used to help manage and reduce the effects of alcoholism withdrawal symptoms.

Alcoholism withdrawal symptoms usually appear 12 to 24 hours after the last alcoholic drink has been consumed. The symptoms tend to peak around 3 days and will mostly have passed after 4 days. Some alcoholism withdrawal symptoms can linger for a few weeks or months after giving up alcohol such as raised levels of agitation and difficulty sleeping.

Stopping drinking and getting through detox and the alcoholism withdrawal symptoms that follow is the first step in obtaining an alcohol free life. After this further help, advice and support will ensure that abstinence can continue. For information about and help organising detox or rehab contact DryOutNow.com by calling $phoneNumnerwho are there to support you through alcoholism withdrawal symptoms and all other stages of recovering from alcoholism.