Obviously, enough alcohol has a tranquilizing and pain reducing effect. (isn't that why when someone's drunk you say they are "feeling no pain"??)

Secondary to that, when you're drinking you tend to be distracted from other things - including pain. Of course, there's other healthier ways to distract yourself......

We know that heavy drinking can induce neuropathy that is tough to recover from. So, it's certainly not a good thing to drink heavily - neuropathy or not.

All that being said, I do drink socially but I limit it. One thing I have noted is that if I do drink a little more than usual, I will get a reduction in symptoms for a few days afterward. This I cannot explain, since the alcohol is long gone from my body. But, tempting as it is - that's a road I do not want to go down........