Cold sweat, back pain, leg cramps, anxiety, headache, stomach pain, pooping and vomiting blood I want to remember this experience for the rest of my life 😢 DAY 1
I’m a 130 lbs female and I quit 40mg of diazapam a day and a litre of vodka + two bottles of wine per habit. I quit cold turkey and went into full blown delirium tremens. Most terrifying experience of my life I have PTSD from it. The story would take too long to type here but I’m thinking of writing it all down to try and help myself heal from it
Probably should have had 2/3 beers or cups of wine a day and then dropped down to one. And then slowly switch over to 0.0% beer just to trick your mind/body. Seems safer then just cold turkey
Sober for just over 3 years, my life is completely different. I was drinking 24/7. I was so bad that I resorted to drinking mouthwash (not recommended at all - horrific stomach issues). Thank God I am alive and well today.
I went to the ER during withdrawal and they just treated me like a crazy homeless person looking for a place to crash. I am not homeless and was having terrible tremors, could barely stand up. I was 24 hours into not drinking and was no longer intoxicated. It made no sense to me how they acted.
I have been sober now for three years. I kept a journal of my detox and what I went through. Every time I even think about having a drink I go back and read that journal I have the shakes so badly some of it I can't even read. I don't know why I would ever pick up a drink again after the horrible detox but at times of stress my triggers it would be so easy for me to pick up I love watching these videos I watch at least two a day and usually go to sleep while listening to One. It's kind of nice to know that I'm not the only one that carries the guilt and the shame. Thank you for sharing God bless.
I got sober at home by tapering off alcohol gradually, then using gabapentin, and I was relatively comfortable. My worst detoxes hands-down were in rehab. They could not care less about keeping people comfortable - they just want to keep you alive...so you can come back for another visit. Rehab is a money-go-round.
That’s what I started realizing. It’s actually safer to taper off with alcohol then sit in bed filling you with drugs. Get yourself down to 2 drinks a day and quit
Stopped drinking 6 days ago, without any help, but I made sure I had an alright environment and my mate who lives with me was around, so I felt safe. The first two nights were very hard, I had auditory hallucinations, anxieties, really felt horrible, as if death was speaking to me, especially because the first night, there was such a violent thunderstorm, that it scared the hell out of me, raised my anxiety by 100%, my fear of dying was very high.. That night I realized what I was doing to myself. My body is and was a mess, but I started working out and going on walks, meditating, and sorting my appointments to the doctor out. I thought I was dying, nearly felt like a delirium. Still having trouble sleeping and with anxiety, but I will give it time. I am actually hoping for the best.
Hey guys just want to say I love your channel. I’m trying so hard to quit drinking. I had 3 months of sobriety under my belt but the fell off the wagon and drank a 26 of whiskey and 5 or 6 beers a night. For like a week straight. Been sober for two days now and I’m finally starting to feel normal again but for two days I can totally relate to your withdrawals. It’s horrible
This happened to me around 30 hours after I stopped drinking back in 2022. It was completely terrifying. Since then I have had some mild hallucinations after extended days of drinking. It's something I don't hear many people speak about. I hope your son is doing well. Stay strong!
I’m so happy I found this talk. Thank you guys for this. I recently got out of the hospital after a weeklong withdrawal. It was my first time experiencing that and, like Marcus says, it was enough for me. I went through anxiety, high blood pressure, extreme heart rate, hallucinations and finally DTs. I was convinced the staff at the first hospital was trying to indoctrinate me into some weird cult (hallucinations/DT talking there) and eventually left the hospital (idk how) to find myself in what I thought was Los Angelas (I was in Fort Worth the entire time). DTs are powerful and didn’t start for me until I was about five days away from a drink. I don’t trust alcohol and never want to taste it again. I’m so happy the second hospital kept me as long as they did because I needed the time in a semi-controlled environment to get out of my own mind about how I used to think about alcohol. I’m not new to the idea of quitting alcohol and I think all my years of researching the concept are helping me now, but that withdrawal really went out of bounds, kicked my ass and set me straight. Now I wake up happy and sober. ❤️
I'm grateful for this video. I'll keep this brief. My drinking was a way of coping with other issues. However, it went way too far. My withdrawal was managed in hospital. Whilst there I had serious and terrifying hallucinations. My second day there I tried killing myself (the hallucinations had turned into delusions). I've since lost my wife and home. I haven't been able to work properly for 2 years although I have tried. I have had no financial help. But I want to work. I don't want this post to prevent people from withdrawing but please do it carefully. Thank you.
What are you tapering from, Dan? I'm working on oxy... chronic pain syndrome.... back damage. Would love to chat offer support/get some support... hear your experience. Godspeed brother.
Alcohol 2 days clean and any substance I was also using benzos . It's hard especially the first couple days but I know this is a beginning of a journey.
@@Dan-re3xq Screw 'em, Dan! This is for YOU. Start getting with some of the folks from the meetings. They have Alano clubs there? They're clubs for alkies. Good place to hang and chat. Get a sponsor; get phone numbers of other alkies and TALK to them. Godspeed.
Hey Dan? How goes it on day 3?? What an accomplishment! How are you feeling? Are you working or hanging our or what? You're still with the supervision you mentioned? Is that live in or phone contact or what? Just thinking of you, brother, and hoping it's moving along in the direction you've decided upon! Godspeed, brother!
Ill quit tomorrow!! Just one more day right. Great video. Im sober from opiates for 4+ years so i know what detoxing from painful substances is like, but alcohol is another animal completely. The social acceptance and availability makes it all the harder to stay away from.
I watched you guys through my detox all day for two days to simply not drink. My anxiety and shakes were through this world for me. But I think I was having mild withdrawal. I’m still a little sweaty. But I’m overall ok. I’m going to watch your videos everyday . I’m on day three but I feel ... aware and no shakes. Thanks guys !
TY POTTS!!! Missed you live but congratulations on your ONE YEAR!!!!!! Wow! Did you believe it was possible?? But it IS. I'm so glad you've made it to this milestone. Keep Coming Back! It works if you work it!
Did anyone else do what I did with alcohol , I intensified my drinking to make myself more sick , making it easier to quit . Someone drinking one bottle of wine every night won’t see the consequences as much as someone who pushes it to the limits .
I did the same exact thing you did. Now I haven't touched alcohol since November 2023 and I lost a ton of weight because of intermittent fasting and a better diet . I lost about 100 pounds in 6 months.
Currently going through withdrawals and it’s absolute HELL, it’s so crazy how I’m our addiction we don’t understand the hell we are putting our bodies through , i have always been in denial about my addiction until i went through withdrawals for the first time after trying to quit , i woke up sweating , shaking , nauseous , & had a seizure, i got so scared of withdrawals i just continue to drink , but i finally decided to go into recovery so I’ve been slowly stopping , right now i feel so out of it , i don’t feel like I’m normal everything feels like a dream , my body feel really weak , I’ve lost over 30 pounds bc of withdrawals , i can’t seem to formulate a sentence because i don’t feel okay, the only thing is I’m not hallucinating or hearing anything & i haven’t had any seizures … but if i keep drinking as much as i was i will end up having delirium tremors which scares me so much , recovery is possible and I’m defiytrying
Thanks, this video is helping me right now. I know all the do's and don'ts, but that's out the window after the first drink. Getting back on the wagon 🙏🏼
@@billydeewilliams9104 really just depends on your level of tolerance and drinking habit. Low to mild, take a melatonin at night and you’ll be fine. Moderate to high/abusing… get help, I promise you the withdraws are no joke and can be deadly in severe cases.
Man you guys are awesome I'm only 12 days in my 3rd detox I went 24 days cold turkey and it got so bad I said fuck it 2 weeks later I was in the icu bp was extremely high had to detox in there already feeling better and praying I can stay off the shit
"Swearing off with and without a solemn oath." I tried switching from hard liquor to beer to wine to gin to vodka to brandy to combinations of them; to start drinking earlier so I would get drunk sooner and go to bed earlier and pass out earlier so I wouldn't be hung over; taking all the booze out of the house and giving it to my neighbor because I wasn't gonna drink anymore and having bought more by that afternoon; promising myself I would only have 3 (I knew 1 or 2 was ridiculous) but of course I couldn't keep it at 3 either... once I started I didn't stop until I was totally wasted. And the thing was, the "feeling" would pass through my mind/body after 1-2 drinks and then it was GONE but I kept drinking TRYING to get that feeling again. And then I got where I couldn't get my brain drunk any more. My body would be so drunk I couldn't walk across my kitchen but my brains was ON. That was hell. It's good to think about all the ways I tried to be able to keep drinking. And this was a process over many many years because it worked for me for a long time. I loved it! I didn't want to quit I just wanted to stop feeling like hell and not being able to show up for my job or my life or my kids. And FOR ME, I had to try them all. Because if there was one more way I could figure out that I thought I might be able to keep drinking, I would have needed to try it. AA and God, Honey.... AA and God.
@@derekhankins3518 I hope you find a solution, Derek. For me, AA has been that solution. Haven't had to have a drink in 36 years. Godspeed, my brother.
I was hallucinating, anxiety, sweats, rehab kept me sober for 5 years. After 5 years I started again and hallucinations again. this time I needed 3 pints of blood from an ulcer. I had 63 count of hemoglobin. Supposed to 174. I needed 111 more blood my DR said 24 hrs. from death!. Again I feared the detox.
I had a hangover....a really really bad one once....ONCE I thought I was going to die and I gave up drink there and then. I felt something was very wrong, I couldnt get my heart rate down and my head was pounding to the point I was about to pass out. I only had a bit of wine the night before, nothing major. Its just not worth it anymore and I am hitting mid 40's now. Time to stop. Best of luck to everyone, alcohol is evil as sht.
Benzodiazepines are never mentioned. Love you guys.but please after all this time let's talk about the dangers of meds.keep up the good work guys!my name is krishan.
What an utter mess my life was last year as a heavy alcohol & Xanax user. Now it's just a mess after going through benzo withdrawal CT on January 3rd. Spent 4 weeks literally in Hell. I doubts these legends will cover the evil of benzos as I believe they have never had a problem with these meds. Krishan, Are you struggling with Benzo addiction? Happy to give you my humble advice x
No,I have in the past fealt with benzo withdrawal from trying to kick alcohol. It was a nightmare.3wks I was so sick.it was worse than alcohol withdrawls.warning benzodiazepines only help short term.
It can definitely be very scary, but after my last trip to the E.R.,, I'll take my chances getting thru it best I can,,,,, it's usually 4 to 5 days of absolute HIDEOUS hell, and at least a week of ZERO SLEEP 🙄,
When I detoxed I had a blood pressure machine a heart rate monitor app on my phone (fit bit or google watch works too) and an electric thermometer. I checked my temperature blood pressure and heart rate of course all these were elevated in acute detox and I kept an eye on how bad the tremors were. This was empowering for me as half the battle for me was the fear of DT and seizures. Seeing that my blood pressure temperature and heart rate weren’t getting worse and worse and then stabilised and started to reduce was extremely reassuring. I also could see that my anxiety elevated my heart rate and blood pressure but then would come back down when I calmed myself down and retested was again reassuring. For me these things were worse at about 12-24 hours then began to stabilise and reduce which does not fit DT so my anxiety began to ease. Knowing the symptoms and warning signs and being able to check these with an objective measuring tool was extremely helpful. The tremors getting better reassured me about the risk of seizures reducing. Obviously we are all different and alcohol withdrawal is dangerous and doesn’t necessarily follow a neat little timeline but DT are rare effecting only 5% of people I had to keep reminding myself of this because my anxiety was sooooo much worse without knowing the signs of dt and that seizures are more common but often connected to worse symptoms and especially worsening tremors tachycardia hypertension and temperature. This can be empowering for people in withdrawal and their loved ones to have some kind of measure because of course you feel like your dying or it’s a medical emergency and the anxiety can end up driving you to drink or to seek medical care for alcohol withdrawal that is not necessarily medically essential and stay drinking much longer because you feel dependent on medical detox. Medical detox is a great thing I highly recommend it but don’t let addiction tell you that you can’t cut down or withdraw in the community and ring for medical help if you need it. Don’t let the fear of detox keep you drinking because it’s not the only option take the power back if you are stuck on a waiting list or unable to get into medical detox by educating yourself and having someone else to monitor you and calling for help if needed. With medical intervention being needed in so few cases you have a far greater chance of being ok than you do of complications
The jerking and shakes when I tried to sleep just about to fall asleep would start jerking and shaking like I had a fever it was awful and I had mild withdrawal. The anxiety sweating and shakes and lack of sleep was the worst for me.
Checking in on ya. How are you doing? I'd recommend trying to taper off gradually. Maybe 3/4 of a 5th for a few days, then a half, then a quarter. Then maybe a few shots or beers. Definitely gonna want to have medications on hand and some type of supervision
Oh a my problem is not admitting that I’m and alcoholic it’s admitted that my life has become unmanageable. I keep lying to myself saying I can live through life being an alcoholic but clearly I can’t
My withdrawals were like as described in this video somewhat. There was a switch in my whole being that said I can no longer live like this. I became indifferent to all of it mentally. When I quit I didn't even realise the inky black dots on the walls and the rows of matchstick lines on the ceilings making a funny sound was so damned dangerous. I woke up one morning and a black cat walked across the table in front of my desk which was just the weirdest thing in the world to me. It was a silhouette walking silently which gave me a really strange feeling to go along with it. I had nightmares that were not only very frightening but they also had a very strange signature feeling or emotion to each one that was so horrifying yet almost indescribable. They were sickening and had a feeling of absolute dread and foreboding to them. Thank god my hallucinations were mild compared to what some poor people experience so I am very lucky as I'm sure I would of been traumatised for life had they been full on powerful. It was more part of the psychical pain of withdrawals that had me over the anvil. The depression and anxiety really hurt me so much. Everytime I was in this state of very intense depression it always believed I would never pull up out of that nosedive. I have a great deal of empathy now for people when I see that look of fear in their faces because I really do know what they are going through. It makes me really hope and pray for them that they will get their breakthrough. If you are still suffering I just want you to know that there is a infinitely better existence on the other side when they really seek the help they deserve. This is a disease and everyone deserves treatment for this illness. Never quit quitting and believe in your heart that you can beat this horrible thing.
I've drank a 5th per night for around 10 years. Be prepared for a soul crushing hangover. You will think you're gonna die. Shakes, panic attacks etc. You will be very hard pressed to not get a few shots to fix things temporarily. Your comment was a year ago, how's it going?
I can only say what worked for me. Lots of meetings, got a sponsor and started working the steps right away. Maybe at that vulnerable time you could load up on more meetings? Get phone numbers of people that come in at the same time you do and talk often. We talk this disease to death. Anyway, that's what worked for me... hope it works for you, Paula. Godspeed.
kathleenb1947 the problem is is that I have no desire to drink for 5 or six weeks then I can’t stop thinking about it and no amount of talking or meetings help. I just drink. For a couple of days then stop again.
@@paulamoors I have a friend in AA like that... called a periodic, not that it matters. She had difficulty identifying as an alkie but I remember her saying one day, I didn't get in trouble every time I drank, but every time I got in trouble, I had been drinking. And that was her catalyst. Do you WANT to stop those 5-6 week bouts or are you kind of ok with them? I mean you're here so Ii guess you want to stop. I can only reiterate what worked for me and what works for all the other sober alkies I know and it's working the program. Meetings, sponsor, steps. Another thought that comes to me is what a friend with very long term sobriety said once about "thinking about drinking". He was a crotchety old guy and he'd tell you like it is. He said when the thought comes we don't just "think" about it. If we really WANT to drink, we coddle the thought... we play with it and caress it and tease ourselves with it. It's not healthy recoiling like from a fire that's burned us... it's a romance, a dance, a seduction. As long as we're playing with the idea, we're doomed. I have had thoughts at times and I immediately tell someone who's sober, get my bippy to a meeting, call my sponsor maybe and she might have me write about what I KNOW will happen if I pick up the first drink. Maybe some of that would be helpful to you but if you want what we have, you have to do what we did. And that's go to meetings, get a sponsor, and work the steps. Fortunately for me I loved meetings and the subject was always my favorite when it was my turn to talk....ME! :) When you come up on the thoughts at 5-6 weeks, maybe try some of that. Don't discount it before you try it. I didn't believe for one second AA would work for me. Not a chance on your life! Shows how smart I am. March 17, 1985 is my sobriety date. So, maybe try it. If what you're doing now isn't working, try something different. Take actions... suit and show up to meetings. For the first 8 years I went to sometimes 3 meetings a day... mostly less but action IS required. We can't think ourselves sober. T he disease centers in the mind and the way through that is via the steps. Call the hot line when your thoughts start. Another thing my crochety old friend used to say is if you want to get sober, we'll go to hell and back with you. If you want to drink, you can go to hell by yourself. And that's what it was for me. So I guess you'll need to take some action? Maybe an in patient environment would be more effective for you? I don't know. I do know that AA works IF you work it. Godspeed, love.
I'd love some advice I have been drinking a ltr of vodka a day off and on since I have been home due to corona... I am going to detox at home and I'm scared.. I would like to know the chance of me having a seizure??
Hi Tina! Danielle from California.....I think it's perfectly normal as your body is getting rid of some serious toxins. Go with it, let it be a time of rest and recovery🌾 the energy will return and you will feel and sleep better than EVER! Congratulations for making choices that will enrich your beautiful life❣
Hi Tina... yes, as Danielle (also from CA) says, perfectly normal. Getting sober is a BIG deal. Feed yourself well, rest, get lots of liquids. You'll be feeling and looking better than ever soon Congrats on your 4 days!!!!!
My Son is 36 he has been drinking a Box of Wine a day for 10 years. He has a really bad pain in his right side. The Emergency room did tests they said they couldn't find the cause for the pain. He said he can't sleep because of the pain so he has to drinks to fall asleep. He also vomiting the wine with constant Diarea the color of the Wine he drinks. I would appreciate any advice. Thank You. P.S. He worked at Wal-Mart unloading the Trucks for years.
The liver is on the right side. His liver isn't processing anything correctly due to the damage alcohol has done. He needs to go to the ER detox, and request a liver enzyme test
Do you think that it is possible to detox, then drink on a moderate social level? I knew I needed to stop drinking all day every day, so I have done. But in the future I'd like to be able to enjoy a couple of beers on a Saturday night, either at home watching a movie or out with pals. I do actually have an 'off-switch'. I don't drink to blackout stage. I was more of a 'little and often' drinker, and it might sound strange but I actually hated the feeling of being wasted, but love the feeling of the buzz that 3/4 pints gives.
Is it worth the risk? I would say no, because when I go back out after thinking I can control it . I lose control, and if you’re an alcoholic then probably no
@@arizonagold1239 I'm definitely an alcoholic, but not one that goes out for 2 pints and then ends up on a 2-day bender. I really can go out and say I'm only going to have three pints and stick to that. I just love a beer after work and don't see the problem in enjoying a couple of cold ones after a hard day on site.
I'm severely scared of withdrawal. Been drinking every day for years. Tried many times to quit on my own and many detox facilities and rehabs. Sometimes I wonder if it's too late
I'm surprised you believe in the medical fact that alcohol withdrawal can be fatal ( Tho' not as bad as benzos!). But won't knowing there's a physical condition to addressed be used as an excuse not to quit?
