Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms: What To Expect When You Quit Drinking

Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms: What To Expect When You Quit Drinking
Making the decision to quit drinking is one of the best decisions you could make for yourself. However
quitting alcohol is not easy and sometimes it is not something that you can do alone. Be prepared to go
through alcohol withdrawal, which is the change your body is going to go through after you stop
drinking
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Alcohol as most of us know has a sedating effect the brain and after long term h use your brain is going
to be constantly exposed to that sedating effect. In fact, as time goes on and you continue to drink, your
brain is going to start producing naturally stimulating chemicals like serotonin to compensate for the
alcohol effect. When you stop drinking, your brain keeps producing the serotonin in a large amount of
qualities because it is over stimulated. This is why withdrawal symptoms occur.
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Once you stop drinking, expect your body to go through some sensations while your brain is adjusting
back to a normal state without alcohol. About five to ten hours after your last drink, you might begin to
experience tremors or shakes. They do not last long and are usually gone within one to two days. You
might also find that you are experiencing a rapid pulse, anxiety, and some insomnia. Some of you
might experience others symptoms while others of you might experience none of these.
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Within twelve to twenty hours after your last drink, you may have alcohol hallucinosis. This is when
you hallucinate or see and feel things that are not there. You might think that you see crawling insects
such as ants or bees. Some hallucinations can be very detailed also. These hallucinations can last up to
two days after they begin.
You might also experience alcohol withdrawal seizures that can happen from anywhere from six to
forty eight hours after your last drink and can last for several hours. Seizures peak at about twenty four
hours from the first one that you have.

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