This is a question for the alcoholics from a person who has only lived with alcoholism, not lived it.
Do (some, many, few?) alcoholics suffer from symptoms after ceasing drinking? I mean, I know that mental/emotional symptoms can persist in sobriety. What about physical symptoms?
I know I've had something akin to a hangover occasionally. Dry mouth, headache, faint nausea. It seems (in my case) to correspond to severe emotional episodes. An Emotional Hangover, if you will.
I've also experienced periods of self-absorption so severe the result - for lack of a better word - is a blackout. I can't recall events. It's pretty disconcerting when you get out of your car and realize you can't recall the drive.
For me, these experiences kind of re-enforces the idea of bottles being a symbol.
I haven't experienced these symptoms since my last drink;
DUI
Drunkenness
Intoxication
Drunk-and-disorderly
Arrest
Jail
Go-to-Court
Drink-the-paycheck
You get the idea. Hope this helps
Mike
******************************************************* "When I've learned enough to really live, I'll be old enough to die" - Johnny Cash
This is a question for the alcoholics from a person who has only lived with alcoholism, not lived it.
Do (some, many, few?) alcoholics suffer from symptoms after ceasing drinking? I mean, I know that mental/emotional symptoms can persist in sobriety. What about physical symptoms?
Thanks!
Yes, it can lead to Sirrohsis of the liver, ulcers, and dementia.
