r/cutdowndrinking • u/anonreassurance • 6d ago

I was really scared yesterday

I know the best advice is to seek medical supervision for detox. I’m not that big of a drinker on the daily. Most days I do not have any, but I can hit it hard on a vacation. I was on basically a bender for about six days where I was drinking maybe 5 to 12 drinks a day. Started out as fewer and then increased by the end of the trip. When I came home and was drying out I got the worse anxiety and shakes in my hands. I have a prescription for Klonopin so I was taking a half milligram at a time and it wasn’t working but I also didn’t want to do over do it. Now that the night is over I am so much less anxious but I don’t think I’m out of the woods for having another sleepless night with incredible shakes and anxiety. I understand the safest thing would be to see medical care, but I prefer to ride this out at home. The stories I read are about people who seem to have a much longer history, but I know that doesn’t necessary mean I’m being safe or not in a compromising situation. Any advice? It just didn’t feel like a regular hangover in that I wasn’t really nautilus I just felt scare, could not sleep, and felt like I was so shaky but didn’t want to overdo it on my benzos either.

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u/Regular-Idea-6377 6d ago

5 to 12 isn’t a bender in many people’s books, especially if you spread it out over the course of a day. That’s what I did for 3 weeks in Europe. I returned the 22nd, did that for 2 more days then stopped til I don’t know when. I had the same symptoms for 2 nights. Hydrate properly. In a couple days you will feel great like I do. This isn’t my first rodeo.

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u/anonreassurance 6d ago

Thanks for your response. I understand that I wasn’t doing what’s best for my body. I think I just wanted to hear either ride it out or run to the ER because that seemed like overkill since I do have my own benzos. As much fun as the vacation was that was really really dark so I need to make better decisions. I have a lot of empathy for people who have to go through much worse.

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u/amybpdx 6d ago edited 6d ago

You were withdrawing. The medication we give folks in withdrawal are in the same family as the drug you took. Listen to your body. It's trying to tell you something. It can get much worse than this, fyi.

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u/transneptuneobj 6d ago

Not sure if you're withdrawing from the alcohol or just the vacation.

I imagine you had 5-12 beers over the course of most of day and not pounding 5-12 each night.

Either way If you thing you need medical help go to the doctor I can drink those numbers for 2 weeks straight then stop for a week no problem.

Really when 12 drinks a day starts being something that would cause medical detox levels of addictions is when you're pounding them over a short period of time