On Jul 2, 9:41 pm, "R Jay" <iamadumb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I used to drink a lot-- more than a quart of whiskey per day. I did this for
> about 10 years. Around 5 years ago I quit drinking, quit smoking, bought a
> bike and lost 40lbs. In the past year, though I have been socially drinking
> on some weekends. At first it was no issue-- drank on Saturday got up on
> Sunday and all was good. Now I get up the next morning and feel fine but
> sometime between 24 and 48 hours since my last drink I end up having severe
> panic/anxiety/withdraw type symptoms that can last for a day or two Any
> ideas why this is happening? Is because of my past excessive drinking that I
> am going through like a mini- detox everytime now?

R Jay,
I experienced a time in my life much like this. It was part of my
denial and I was convinced that I could once again drink socially.
Especially after I did it successfully for a few weekends.

In my case, when those anxiety and withdrawal symptoms appeared, it
wasn't long before my disease told me that a couple of drinks would
make them go away.

To make a long story short, it wasn't long before I was back to my old
routine of daily drinking. You can save yourself a lot of problems by
doing what you did 5 years ago. Lay it down. Once you get past those
couple of days, you'll never have to feel that way again.

Marv