week end and a 12 pack a night Monday through thursday. Ive got many questions I’m not a drinker I’m lucky if i have one or 2 drinks per year in a toast at a wedding if that this weekend it was bad really bad he turns into Mr hide if he drinks hard stuff beer he becomes bitchy i want to know how to help him through this time he doesn’t want to go in for treatment as he is afraid he will lose his job and yes he drinks like a fish but he does maintain his job . he told me he was throwing up today and couldn’t handle it and had to have a beer which lead to a few more and a few more he said he saw things crawling on the walls and his body is aching all over told me if you don’t believe me check it all out on line about what someone goes through when they just stopped so i did read it now i’m wondering if he is using this as another excuse to drink he doesn’t drink on his job 8 to 10 hours at a time and feels fine but the 1st thing he does when he gets home is pop a top tell me how to be supportive i really love this man but i cant deal with the drinking any more . i told him he gets his life together and stops or i’m gone bottom line the emotional crap i go through isn’t worth it to me not for a life time so i want to here for you before i decide to stay or walk away the decision will be mine to make i am asking for your advice and opinion no put downs please i get enough at home thank you for all your replies in advance
thank you for your replies youve all be of some sort of help for me he has agreed to seek help to save are relationship and told me losing me isnt worth all the beer in the world we went to are 1st meeting together tonight tyvm

I decided a month ago that I was going to reduce my alcohol consumption to nothing over a period of one month. I was regularly drinking between 13 and 16 beers a day everyday for going on 3 years. I reduced 1 beer about every 3 days until I was at 0 at the end of my month. I felt ok for the first 2 days on 0 but now after 4-5 days the anxiety is really bad along with ringing ears (more than normal for me) and trouble thinking. I feel like I am in a fog all the time! I was hoping that cutting down over the month would help to avoid any withdrawal but I don’t think it eliminated it altogether. Are the symptoms I am referring to normal in my situation and how long can I expect to have them. Thanks for the input.

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ugh, so I’ve been drinking about 4 beers a night on average for quite some time now – like 3 years, and am trying to quit so I can avoid liver problems and lose the belly I’ve got. I’m 25. I have a pill from when I was going to get my wisdom teeth taken out. Should I take it all or save half for later? It’s five milligrams. I’ve read a lot on the internet about alcohol withdrawal. I honestly wasn’t expecting them and I hate anxiety. It’s enough to make me go do a shot of vodka, but I found this pill. Also, I don’t have a regular doctor so I’m not sure I can go to a walk in clinic and say “hey I’m trying to quit drinking, got a zanax for me?” I just don’t see that working out to well. Any other ideas before i start looking on the street corners? Just kidding. Not going to do that.
the dentist gave it to me because I expressed that I was going to have massive anxiety when I went to get my wisdom teeth pulled. Apparently it’s common practice to hand out valiums for patients who are coming back for that. I took a fourth. my mom is a nurse and said five milligrams would have me sleeping on the living room floor probably. I think I DO need medication for anxiety, that’s the primary reason I started drinking, then I just kept drinking because I liked it. :/ But boy it’s tough to quit!

If you are alcohol dependent you have a strong desire for alcohol. Sometimes the desire is overwhelming. You have great difficulty in controlling your drinking.

In addition, your body is so used to lots of alcohol that you start to develop ‘withdrawal’ symptoms 3-8 hours after your last drink, as the effect of the alcohol wears off. So, even if you want to stop drinking, it is difficult because of the withdrawal symptoms.

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