Drinking every day...

I am doing it in secret at the moment but is so stressful trying to hide miniature bottles it's beginning to escalate

I've been drinking everyday for over 2 yes, I quit today. I'm worried about the shock to my system. How r u doing? I'm tired of being sick and tired everyday

Hi, first of all, "DT's" is not Delerium Tremors, rather it's the medical term for "Delerium Tremens" which has serious heart and mental implications. I'm not a doctor but a recovering alcoholic with my share of withdrawals and trips to the ER. Many people refer to the "shakes" as DT's which is not accurate. You could have mild withdrawal symptoms that include the sweats, sleeplessness, mild Tremors but that's not DT's. Quitting cold turkey from a few cans of beer a night will not likely send you to the last stage of acute withdrawal what's are the DT's in which case you must be hospitalized. Quitting cold turkey from a pint of vodka per day for over a year, gave me horrible tremors, anxiety, hallucinations and a seizure and probably close to true DT.

If you wake up with some Tremors, feel the need to drink but don't want to, go to the ER. There are withdrawal protocols they will follow and likely prescribe Librium (benzodiazapene) and ensure you have the available resources to learn about abstinence. The proper Librium protocol will minimize the withdrawals.

Living alone, not wanting to drink but still drinking indicates a problem, for which you choose to get help or not. Based on your story, you can not do this alone but there is help... Much help out there but you need to seek out.

Prayers to you... There is a solution!

Hello budy, I have the same problem, I have been drinking everyday for as long as I can remember, am 31years old now, I think I started around 22 years old, for the past 4 years I stopped hard liqours and sticked to beers mainly, I drink 4/5 pints a day... I always had troubles sleeping since I was a kid, without drinking I cant sleep... thats why I keep on drinking at night as to intoxicate me to sleep. I dont know whats the solution...

Good luck Peter. I drink alone at home but for a different reason. I cannot afford to go out much and so it is cost prohibitive to do my drinking and dining out. I have a meal with some Red wine, then maybe a little more.

I appreciate you posting so courageously. It may help give me the strength to cut back. I know there are many AA and drinking rehab programs around me. I live in a very large city. I just don’t know where these places are.

I too have trouble sleeping and am often alone anyway. Bad combination. I have been listening to YouTube’s  at night (for relaxation and sleep, to stop

drinking, to get into “sleep” mode and put me in a more relaxed and positive state of mind.

I hope this helps Peter. Thank you for posting.

Hello, My significant other drinks beer everyday. His work schedule is two weeks on and two week off. He can drink when he’s not scheduled to drive when working. Sooo when he is home I drink everyday too. I also drink when he at work but not everyday. When I read your discussion it reminded me of him. He is not a big people person and kinda a home body. He’s not a sloppy drunk but has a high tolerance for beer I think. We have been together for 12 years, alcohol is ruining our intamacy and social life. I was just commenting on your discussion and am going to follow it if you write again. I don’t want us to quite drinking, just not everyday. Happy new year!!

I'm not sure what kind of alcoholic I might be considered since I can go without it. Both my parents are alcoholics and I was introduced to it at a very early age. The drinking picked back up about 18 years ago and for the past several years has gotten progressively worse. I'm 45 now and drinking almost 15 liters a week. I'm also diabetic. I might be considered a "functioning alcoholic" except for the amount of consumption. I don't know what the motivation is for why I do what I do. I have a loving supportive husband and beautiful 11 yo daughter. My parents cause me a lot of distress as they mix drinking with drugs (nevermind that they're prescription). I suppose I should get professional help but then that tiny voice kicks in saying "ah no you can handle this, just cut back some". And for a time I will then before you know it I'm back to square one.

Hello, Peter. I hope you are doing well. I know this post is three years old but I would like to share my experience. I didn't start drinking regularly until I was about 28. I'm also a shy, socially anxious person and started using it as a way to cope. I worked in very busy environment with lots of people I was supposed to be conversational with as part of my job description. I started off only having 4 or 5 drinks after work, but it grew and grew until I was drinking a liter or more of alcohol every day. I would start as soon as I woke up and not stop until I passed out to sleep. I did this for nearly 4 years every day without exception . The effects on my health were extensive. My blood pressure was so high that I had to be hospitalized for fear I would have a stroke. My stomach was so irritated that I could only keep down about 20 percent of what I ate. I was already eating very little because I was drunk so much that I would just fall asleep without eating many days. Sometimes I would go 3 days between any calories that weren't coming from liquor or what I mixed it with. I would have what felt like mini-strokes where my brain would freeze and I would briefly forget where I was and what I was doing, sometimes mid sentence. I've reduced my consumption to 4 or 5 drinks a day before I go to bed but I still have lasting effects. I still have high blood pressure and I still have severe anxiety attacks when I don't have an alcohol in my system. My overall health has certainly improved, but it took a long time just to feel like I do now. I'm only 35 but I feel about 65 most days. My anxiety is so much worse now than it was before I started self medicating with alcohol. I would like to stop completely but it is difficult. If you're still drinking as heavily as you were when you posted this, I urge you to reduce it. Gradually of course. That's the hardest part because I know once I've had 1 or 2 drinks, I want to have 10. It's almost an impossible thing to do while trying to maintain a regular schedule and employment. I ended up having to quit my job just to focus on cutting my drinking and improving my health. I was lucky in that my family was supportive and let me stay with them while going through this.

Peter, who would have thought that your original post would have brought so many people together? All the comments made over the past 3 years and everyone who came on here to get an answer to that question "Have i got a problem?" Thank you for putting it in a way that everyone understood and could relate to. Alcohol is definitely both our friend and enemy. I'm just one of many who know they drink too much, want to cut down, but scared that it's all or nothing??! Once the Alcohol Fairy has been woken up, that's it for me - drink till passing out. Don't want to get to the stage where I have no option but to go sober!! (Currently able to keep it to the evenings, but still....) Where are you at now, petal? x