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With alcohol, its not so much about the urge to drink when you stop, but how bad your withdrawal symptoms are. I pretty much gave up in my mid thirties when I
by specproc 5y ago
With alcohol, its not so much about the urge to drink when you stop, but how bad your withdrawal symptoms are.
I pretty much gave up in my mid thirties when I stopped for two weeks to deal with some life admin and found myself in withdrawal.
I've had a few spells off the wagon since, but now realise something is properly broken in me. Even small amounts of alcohol trigger hideous hangovers and anxiety. The only counter is to drink again.
Careful with the booze, kids. The danger is real.
- IAmGraydon 5y agoWere you drinking all day every day? I have a glass or two of bourbon most nights and can do a week break with no sign of withdrawal. Alcohol is definitely very addictive, but you do have to go pretty hard to get withdrawals.
- specproc 5y agoEvery hannover hangover is withdrawal, there's just a scale of severity. I was drinking daily. Two to three on a quiet day, regularly scaling up to the point its it's difficult to count. I wasn't he heaviest drinker I knew.
- IAmGraydon 5y agoNo, a hangover is not a withdrawal. You have your facts wrong.
- exdsq 5y ago100%. Hangxiety is the worst. I’m 27 and quit last August. I feel so much better for it. Binge drinking culture can really damage you!
- oigursh 5y agoHad a night out with friends recently after a year off. Didn't start to feel right until 4 days later. Not. Worth. It.