Just a note..... drinking alot of alcohol, leads to low blood sugars, and these often show up upon awakening the next morning as numbness and tingling. This is not really a neuropathy, it is a paresthesia, which is a symptom, not damage. Paresthesias come and go, but neuropathy symptoms tend to stay around, all day long in some degree. (night time is often a little worse for some.

People who have PN will often have burning pain, and often it is most noticeable when retiring at night.

Also depending on the TYPE of alcohol consumed, there are other chemicals in beer, wine and most spirits. (vodka that has been distilled more than once has the least).
These chemicals can also cause nerve symptoms. The name for them is congeners.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congener
It is the aldehydes that mostly cause nerve symptoms.
Aldehydes are also byproducts of alcohol metabolism and the vitamin B1 is the metabolic cofactor for them. Aldehydes make you feel sick and when very high will cause vomiting. The alcohol abuse drug Antabuse, blocks aldehyde metabolism quickly and was supposed to be crutch or deterent for those who crave alcohol.

So it is not only the alcohol content, but also the amount and type of congener in the drinks, that will give nasty side effects.