What is the most common symptom of alcoholism?

Answer 1

Alcohol withdrawal syndrome occurs in alcohol-dependent individuals who suddenly stop or dramatically reduce their alcohol intake. The onset of the syndrome is likely to occur within a week, but usually occurs within 24 hours of the individual's last drink, and is triggered when the central nervous system attempts to adjust to the sudden absence of ethyl alcohol in the body.

Symptoms may include extreme anxiety, disorientation, hallucinations, sleep disorders, hand tremors, nausea, sweating, seizures, and racing pulse. Delirium tremens (DTs) are an extreme example of withdrawal. In the worst cases, untreated alcohol withdrawal syndrome can result in death.

Answer 2

Looking for more alcohol after you have drunk what you have in front of you.

Looking at what amount of alcohol you have for yourself for the night and asking yourself if you need to go and get more.

Answer 3

The severity of the alcohol withdrawal syndrome can vary from mild symptoms such as mild sleep disturbances and mild anxiety to very severe and life threatening including delirium, particularly visual hallucinations in severe cases and convulsions (which may result in death) The severity of alcohol withdrawal depends on various factors including age, genetics and most importantly degree of alcohol intake and length of time the individual has been misusing alcohol for and number of previous detoxifications