Alcohol is a very strong depressant, your nervous system will adjust to it and will be over stimulated if you cut it off abruptly. A minor symptom of this would

Alcohol is a very strong depressant, your nervous system will adjust to it and will be over stimulated if you cut it off abruptly. A minor symptom of this would be anxiety... severe symptoms could be psychosis, seizures or death. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_withdrawal_syndrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_withdrawal_syndrome There is also a positive feedback effect called Kindling, from sudden withdrawals, which makes subsequent ones worse. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kindling_(sedative%E2%80%93hypnotic_withdrawal) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kindling_(sedative%E2%80%93hyp...