Understanding Why Excessive Alcohol Consumption Can Result in the Shakes
Physical addiction can manifest quickly for someone with past alcoholic tendencies
I remember the shakes well. My body goes into a full-blown shiver when I think about it. Looking back to times when I was at my worst makes me wonder why I kept going back to drinking. I’ve Googled how to get through withdrawal more times than I can count. I must have forgotten the remedies that never worked or maybe I thought there was a new, magic elixir.
When you drink excessively for days in a row, there is no remedy other than time, water, and abstinence. The longer you drink, the worse the withdrawal will be. Most of the time, the solution that sounds better and easier is to drink the shakes away, only to find yourself back in the same predicament, over-drinking with the withdrawal looming once again.
Back when I was binge drinking and withdrawing regularly, I didn’t try to understand why the body withdrawals. I didn’t know why I got the shakes, the sweats, insomnia, and nervousness, other than it was from drinking too much.
I tried to gain as much information as I could on how to combat withdrawal without understanding my body’s initial reaction. I wasn’t willing to see a life without alcohol, didn’t…
