keep your brain together! Post more and I can send you PM's w/lots of good info.
IN the meantime? Just remember that it's not the alcohol per-se that is going to ease your pain? Just the opposite.
Healing nerves takes a very long time... Sometimes if damage isn't too bad some of it comes back in several months...other times it can truly take years!
I've an immune related neuropathy which I've had for five years...At times I can see and 'feel' improvements, other times not. Still others some set-backs. This is what life is about tho.
ANYTHING that can kill nerves I avoid. Anything that can help them I embrace.
Look into the advice others have given you and pick and choose what you feel you need. If it were me tho...I'd still get a separate opinion on that shoulder tho? Some PT judiciously applied could do wonders! I know that I would NOT be walking were it not for PT! Make up your own mind, read learn and ask questions. Do not be shy or afraid that anything is a silly question. No such thing as a silly question here! Hang in there and be smart! - j