| Leaving any form of addiction requires immense | | | | convulsions, uncontrolled movements, high fever, |
| willpower and commitment. In the life of an alcoholic, | | | | arrhythmias, agitations, black outs and others. They |
| there comes a time when he wants to leave the | | | | have reached the end stage alcohol status where the |
| addiction and comes across alcohol withdrawal | | | | only possible solution lay with medical facilities and |
| symptoms. The withdrawal symptoms range from | | | | alcohol rehabilitation centers. The DTs are life |
| physical to mental symptoms. The most important | | | | threatening. |
| issue is - to complete the withdrawal cycle fully. In | | | | Some psychological alcohol withdrawal symptoms |
| other words, sometimes the symptoms effect | | | | associated with both the symptoms are depression, |
| negatively by pushing the alcoholic further into addiction. | | | | frustration, anxiety, emotionally volatile, violent activities, |
| The symptoms can be categorized in two forms. | | | | bad dreams, and lack of clarity thinking, nervousness, |
| Some of the withdrawal symptoms accompanying | | | | and others. |
| them are as follows: | | | | While some people do not undergo complicated |
| 1. Mild Symptoms- Faced by those who consume | | | | alcohol withdrawal symptoms, some suffer a lot. The |
| alcohol for shorter periods of time. Such people feel | | | | most difficult thing to deal with is the psychological |
| fatigue, insomnia, irritation, anxiety, difficulty in eating, | | | | disturbances. The alcoholic finds himself at loss to bring |
| nausea, vomiting, shakiness, clammy hands, pulsating | | | | his life back on track. Concerned family persons should |
| headache, sweating of hands and face, appetite loss, | | | | seek psychological therapy for such person. |
| paleness, varied pupil size, and tremors. | | | | End stage alcohol cases are not hopeless. With care |
| 2. Severe Symptoms- Faced by those who consume | | | | and proper medical treatment, it is possible to |
| alcohol for longer periods of time. Such people feel | | | | overcome the withdrawal symptoms completely and |
| delirium tremens (DTs) syndrome. It constitutes | | | | never relapse to alcohol addiction. |
| tremors, dilated pupils, hallucinations, heart palpitations, | | | | |