Alcohol Dependence & Withdrawal

F*** quitting sounds painful

2 years at least sober. Need to for many reasons , health, marriage,etc, but especially for my daughter. Shes going to college soon. Don't want her meeting anyone like me.

@DrMattDrMike Could you please let me know the lancet article on alcohol withdrawal you referenced in this video. Id like to locate and read this article please : )

I still drink but I dont drink for enjoyment. I drink out of necessity. Even 2 weeks of celebatory drinking is enough to land in this state. What choice do you have? Either go to the hospital or nurse these physiological symtpoms with slow progressive downshift style drinking. Basically, if you ramp up alcohol intake, you must also ramp it down. Terrible curse.

Has anyone had a fulness feeling and/or a quiet hiss in your ear/ears after quitting alcohol?

I drank 96 0.33l 4.5% beers in 4 days. I started to experience severe symptoms 9 hours after last drink. Experienced pain in heart several times, seizures, shaking . They lasted for 12 hours. After that feeling almost normal. Also I drank 3 of these beers in the withdrawal day in 6 hours. I started to laugh to very random things (cheese, power cord) just before getting seizures.

Im watching this drinking a fifth of Smirnoff... Please help me

I had the Dts 6 days of living hell!! Hulucinating hearing voices shaking and the shaking only goes away if you keep drinking its all true FK Alcohol. Never again!!!

For anybody who is going through alcoholism. Try to stop as soon as you can. I stopped mine immediately I did shrooms, my life changed.

Thanks so much. Stopped several days ago. Helpful information and support.

Pretty sure it acts as a stimulant for some people. Maybe you need to look a little deeper.

Great video 👍

I'm interested in digestive, small intestine,poop 😊

I am an alcoholic. I was sober 9months started again 1 month ago I respect this explanantion and never can ever drink again. Bless those who are going through their withdrawals and addition be strong this video is spot on. Beleive in yourself ❤

Bro, u lost me .

i love gabber

Thanks, these are some good reminders, there’s no question that increasing your mental clarity and boosting your drive, comes with quitting. Yes, there are many ways to kick the habit, Steffon Barkload's Quit Drinking Forever is what worked for me, best shortcut I go’ogled that took days without withdrawal.

Junk science video. Guy says that one drink could be fatal. Please flag this video for spreading misinformation.

Benzos Suck so bad. Totally ready for the benzo withdrawal to be over with.

Only been sober for 19 days but I plan to grow this number to triple and quadruple digits. Tired of running on empty.

Recently quit....again. Idk, I'm tired of being hungover and trying to hide it, the constant stomach pains the next day, and my memory being about the same level as a gold fish's. Idk. Day 4 and fine. Just worried about vacation next month. That will be the test.

I have been an alcoholic for 15 years and everyday is a battle to not drink. Thanks for this video at least I can understand what’s happening to the brain and body

Would calcium channel blockers (usually for blood pressure regulation) have any effect reducing on withdrawal symptoms?

Very well explained! I used to be alcohol dependant and experienced all sorts of wonderful withdrawal symptoms all the way to having seizures. It was explained to me at a time that my nervous system was over compensating after stopping alcohol but this explains it a lot better in biochemical and physiological terms which I understand. I've been sober 14 years now and went back to school and got a degree in medical sciences. It's just amazing how the body adapts and actually changes on a physiological level to drugs and alcohol. Anyway, great video, really enjoyed your enthusiasm for the subject!

Thanks for the video, sorry for the late comment but I am currently 18months into my sobriety, i was a heavy daily drinker.

6 months into my recovery i had a heart attack and a seizer which broke both my scapulas from the severe tension.

Could have been partly caused from alcohol withdrawal even 6months into sobriety.

Thanks

My grandma died from alcohol withdrawal. My mom had a really tough time. After over a decade of drinking I decided to break the cycle. I’ve been sober 8 months now. I’m lucky. I really didn’t have any withdrawal. I had a fast heart rate and sweating for 24 hours. Craving for about 3 days and then I was fine. I won’t ever go back.

Thank you for your talk! Your audio could be better.

Wow. I think I understood.

I. Can't. Win.

Great video. Makes this topic easy to comprehend.

As a second grade human, I'll add my worthless comment.

I can't stop the hiccups from abusing myself with the drugs government makes legal, which has and is destroying my life. All because we're all expendable and replaced based on a taxable drug, which adds to the economy.
So, what's important, health and lives or money and destruction?

I need help please, sorry for the big comment but I am explaining in depth so I can get the best help.

I’m 24 year old male, relatively average build however put a lot of fat on over the months.

I had a fallout with my ex girlfriend during December last year, I stopped smoking cannabis as after years of been on and off it, I knew what it was doing to my temper. We have a beautiful baby girl and I wasn’t aloud to see her until I got help. I started drinking during December like I say, started as a few bottles, then a crate. Stopped for 2 weeks in January then the trouble really began. I became very deprived after being deprived of seeing my little girl, I was prescribed sertraline and my temper is minimal now which I’m thankful for, but depression was still heavy.

It started as maybe 4-8 cans (I don’t get hangovers so I wake up fresh and felt I could carry on daily, knowing it could end up as a dependency. By the end of January I was consuming atleast 2 bottles of red wine a night, along with around 6 8.5% cans of beer, it continued and has until now. However it was 3 bottles of wine just over a week ago, when I started throwing up loads on it and have been put off it for the time being. So then last Friday, a week and a half ago, I bought a bottle of gin, in the last week and a half I’ve consumed around 8-9 bottles of gin. I’m terrified the damage I’ve done is irreversible. I’ve consumed probably around 40-50 units every single night for over 2 months. This morning I woke up, felt disorientated, my breathing has been really heavy and almost struggling to get air at times, I was shaking and I was throwing up, but just reaching as I hadn’t ate since lastnight. I rang drinkline (UK) and the possibility of me being dependent is very high. I can see my daughter regularly now and me and my ex are in really good terms, my family is scared for me and I’m not myself anymore.

I just need advice on stopping, do I go cold turkey, which seems very risky, or do I slowly drink less everyday including tonight, obviously my family don’t want me drinking at all, but after looking at the effects of stopping altogether are I don’t fancy chancing it. Any advice is seriously appreciated. Please help me, I don’t want to die young I need to see my daughter grow, I didn’t choose or want to be like this, life just became difficult. Thankyou again in advance to anyone who can help me.

Experienced a seizure once due to withdrawal and honestly I’m not willing to take that chance again

I've been an alcoholic since I was 15. I'm 27 now. I started drinking a year after my mom passed . I've been to 7 rehabs and have went back to drinking everytime just to escape my darkness. For the first time I can say I've been sober except bud for 8 months. Feels good to feel good

HAIL SATAN!!! My higher power I AM DONE with Alochol and drugs and porno and sex the most entertaining thing I do now IS TAKE A SHIT. I AM now boring as hell

Is a withdrawal effect anger?

Alhamdulillah gor Islam♥️
Have never touched it nor ever will!

For anyone struggling, go to church and ask god to help you ❤️❤️❤️ he literally transformed my life for the better , but you have to truly believe

I have been 3 years sober from major alcohol addiction and this is one of the best, if not the best, video that I have seen that explains what is going on. I now work as a Peer Support in a hospital and I am going to save this one to show my clients. Thanks!

It’s sad I only understand I have a problem when I’m driving alcohol it feels as if the problems I’m tryna avoid while drinking hit harder but somehow I like the feeling I want to be better and I will

Ive been sober since 29seconds ago.

Good but how to stop???

Alcohol is one of the most damaging drugs known to man and it's so easy to spiral into alcohol addiction. The only difference is you dont have to buy it from a sketchy person who's been in and out of jail, you can buy it at any grocery store or gas station. Some people can have just a couple drinks over the course of a night but people like me cant stop until they've drank a whole pint of liquor or 10-15 beers

I'm praying for everyone and myself 🙏 it's just bad

I have experienced about 7 alcohol related seizures. I wish this video wasn't so accurate.

What is considered long term drinking? How much and over what period?

And it's legalize and can be found everywhere. ☠️☠️☠️

It’s day 6 of me being sober after almost a year of me drinking everyday with my SO because it was a really rough year for both of us. Withdrawls fucking suck and make you feel like you’re going crazy and want to die but once you are past that it’s so satisfying