My PN is also a result of 30 years of drinking. Lyrica has been a God send for me. No Lyrica.....burning, aching feet. No shoes feel good....no socks...everything is too tight. Now.....with the right dosage, I just deal with the numbness. I can deal with this.....it is so much better than those horrible symptoms. Make sure you get a complete blood workup. Alcohol is supposed to strip so much from your system, I continue to be slightly anemic....and there is no reason for it. I can only assume that the years of heavy drinking did something to my body. Even though I have no B vitamin deficiencies.