Def : If you drink alcohol heavily for weeks, months, or years, you may have both mental and physical problems when you stop or seriously cut back on how much you drink.
Symptoms that occur when someone stops using alcohol after a period of heavy drinking.
Symptoms may occur from two hours to four days after stopping alcohol.
They may include
- headaches,
- nausea,
- tremors,
- anxiety,
- hallucinations, and
- seizures.
In many cases, alcohol withdrawal requires medical treatment and hospital admissions.
