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I would like to give a word of warning for people who would like to enjoy alcohol all their life: try to avoid kindling at all cost. If you, like most professi
by friendly_chap 5y ago
I would like to give a word of warning for people who would like to enjoy alcohol all their life: try to avoid kindling at all cost.
If you, like most professionals, consume alcohol for social clout and for fun, this is extremely crucial.
Once you develop kindling (sneaks up on you), even a few beers can trigger almost life threatening withdrawals, so your option is to not drink any, or drink yourself to death. There is no middle way.
For those interested, check out the cripplingalcoholism subreddit on reddit. Tons of first hand experience there. You have been warned. Kindling is a pandoras box of all kind of regrets and there is no way to reverse it apart from abstaining from alcohol for 10+ years.
- cecilpl2 5y agoFor those (like myself) who are unfamiliar with "kindling", it appears to mean an effect where subsequent withdrawals are progressively worse than the first one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kindling_(sedative%E2%80%93hypnotic_withdrawal) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kindling_(sedative%E2%80%93hyp...
- rpmisms 5y agoDrink occasionally, responsibly, and take breaks.
- tester34 5y ago>kindling but what it is?
- friendly_chap 5y agoEach time you binge drink a few consecutive nights/days you body has to adjust to the sedative weaning off. For the first 100 or 1000 or 5000 times it's OK. Then you start showing physical symptoms. Little anxiety. Headache. Light sweats. Once this starts (showing physical symptoms) you can never binge again without them showing up. And each time they get worse. Progresses to morning shakes, seizures, even death in extreme cases. All from binges you happily came out of as a teenager.