Alcohol & Substance Abuse : How Long Do Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms Last?
Withdrawal symptoms of alcohol use can last anywhere from a few hours to 10 days, and severe alcoholics can enter into a period of psychosis that lasts for days and months. Learn about the physiological symptoms of alcohol withdrawal, such as nausea and headaches, withhelp from a licensed mental health counselor in this free video on alcohol abuse. Expert: David Thomas Contact: WTGTampa.com Bio: Dr. David Thomas has been certified as a licensed mental health counselor in the state of Florida since 1986 and in the National Board of Certified Counselors since 1987. Filmmaker: Christopher Rokosz
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when he says medical supervision does he mean hospital or inpatient?
To all who are trying to kick alcohol hang in there. Its hard but with inner strength you can co it. I used to drink a minimum of a case of beer daily for 6 years. I stopped cold Turkey and went through many of these symptoms you guys are going through. One thing that helped me was getting excercise and sitting in a steam room at the gym. It speeds up the process of alcohol leaving your body.
I have not had a drink in 8.5 years.
Hang in there
its hard for an alcoholic to do, but have you tried weaning off?
ive gone through wd’s twice. when i stopped cold turkey, i wasnt even too worried about w/d because i figured it would just go away. into day 3 i was in hell.
the second time, i was determined to stop drinking and would take about an ounce or two of hard liquor every hour the first day, then every 2 hours the second, etc. if you are very strict about it, it will make w/d tolerable and last much shorter if you gradually slow down.
the hallucinations from alcohol w/d are terrifying. it’s not like being high, it’s like being in hell.
the one episode of w/d’s i had, literally scary faces, crawling bugs/rats, snakes, etc any time you close your eyes. you cannot sleep but for ten mins at a time, and those short periods are marred with nightmares that seem very real. and you wake up in a pool of sweat with a racing heart.
and it repeats over and over again, you get maybe an hour of horrible sleep at the most.
it’s been a month since your comment and i hope you’re doing better by now, but i’m not sure what you meant by ‘normal.’ you’re experience was caused by alcohol withdrawal, and though those symptoms are typical, they are not normal.
the thing to do when you have w/d anxiety/panic is to seek proper treatment. a doctor can prescribe sedatives/anxiolytics that you can take for a few days to ease withdrawal. cold turkey can not only be really bad, but can last much longer without the proper detox
what kind of visual hallucinations? i imagine it isn’t like the patterns and stuff you see on lsd is it
I’ve been drinkin heavily for the past 5 yrs and drinking regulary for total of 10yrs. 3 yrs ago I drank a 1/3 to 1/2 ga. vodka every night for 4 months…then I got scared starting hallucinating and didnt sleep for up to 3 days 4 days but kept working, when I stopped after that 4 mths I literally went out of my mind. It took about a month to feel normal then I moved. Got to a better place. Still Drink but not that heavily or often. Sending prayers to the rest of you with your addictions.
I know i still get urges wanting to have a pint or a 12 pack of beer..but after some of the worst shit of alcohol withdrawals ive been through i fukn think more then twice about even drinkin..its not bad if u gave ur self some space between ur drinking like not drinking nearly as much ne more .like twice every other week…once u start drinking every day agin ur body needs it ..to function normaly..ull soon be wakeing up early in the morning not being able to sleep…shakeing and needing alcohol
Yeup that sounds like something that would come from alcohol withdrawals..i know thats a fact.ive went through them…but i believe its based on how hard u where drinking and for how long and just suddenly stop…it can be alot worse then that trust me…as of now i think the last time i drank was like december 17th, its january 8th 1:43 am right now..if u gonna just stop suddenly make sure u got a comfortable room or place ..where there is very lil noise and dimmed light or none
dude this is what I am going threw exactly right now….the dt’s went away after a day ….but the anxiety,sleeplessness and visual hallucinations are still here.Plus I can’t eat….it sucks
I am on my 3 rd day …..and it gets better…I had the shakes and sweets the first 2…now I have anxiety and insomnia
yeah, trust me i know exactly how you’re feeling and it sucks
damn, some of the withdrawals on here are crazy…it’s my first day w/o alcohol and im terriffed….i cant stop sweating, i feel like i cant breathe-just really horrible anxiety is this normal>>?
mainly i went through that because i was drinking every fucking day and mainly fifths of vodka and a pint…..its when i had no money or no strong liquor i would wake up like that .with those horrible killer withdrawals…its fucking insane because if i had another bottle and took some swigs that would all go away in like 3 minutes…crazy shit…that alcohol withdrawl is so intense and that when u drinking everyday hard…and u wake up and dont have it…u just went from feelin good to hell!!!!
alcohol withdrawals or no fucking joke…ive went through hell and back…going through some crazy anxiety enough to drive someone to shoot them self..followed by dt’s which always add to the depression…and some kind crazzy fucking hallucinations…hearing shit…and trust me its always bad stuff ..like someone or someones are constantly saying some bad stuff..not to mention not being able to sleep..just hearing voices that arent there.not wanting to be around ne one.and ne noise trips u out
@markforquer i’m on day 16. hang it there.
Nice little x-mas bender. Damn I’m afraid of going to bed!
3 days sober today.
dam i thought i was the only one
Got an ambulance intervention today, Bp 160/110, severe anxiety (thought I was about to die) and tremors. Got a shot of diazepam, slept a few hours, now I’m starting to panic again. At least I know I most propably wont die just today. But if I start drinking again, I know its just a matter of time.
went to the hospital last night..bp was 178/108….liver enzymes were high but not hepetitus. have bad dt’s….severe….. day 2. no more drinking 4 me!
im going through it now… day 2.
i keep thinking its never going to end…
thanks for the reasurrance that it will.
I can’t wait till it does