Good one Icehouse .

hi i just been reading alllll these forum boards for the past few hours today and yesterday it is all i can focus on,
just coming off two weeks sober

off a weird sad depresing three months of drinking beer and had no idea that anything was happening/ tolerance, and my anxiety went through the roof

and the mornings i would get jolted awake and would just chug beer and try to get back to bed and i started noticing the tingling but only in my left arm and left leg and my brain but the beer calmed me down so i wasn't sure what was happening but i fell into sucha deep end chuggin at 5 in the morning when i couldnt get back to sleep because i was having withdrawals which i wasnt even aware were withdrawals

three day after quitting my left arm and left leg went numb and still are numb and it has been so scary and my hand pain and i have been panicking so much and unable to focus

its been wonderful reading all your threads

sorry my word jamble is such a mess

hello everyone

i havent even felt social lately all i have been craving is the beer fix it just became a beer fix > anything in life

things turned sour fast and lots of domino effect things and i couldnt cope at all

even as i type this i feel my left arm numb

it's jsut a weird and odd scary sensation

i have slight head aches too is this common?

i am going to get some more tests soon too, too scared to talk about until i see results

my attention span has been soo awful since stopped drinking

i never was one to drink everyday until january where i just went into a spiral because i had free time and was looking for work and it just all went down hill from there

it's been terrifying waking up and feeling numb and remembering oh wait this bad dream is real now

had the weridest sensations even at night just waves of electric shock running through body always at around three am,

they sort of passed

ah sorry for continuing to blab

i haven't been in any support/social circles in so sooo sooo long

it feels even weird to be typing and trying to be social right now


thank you for sharing all your knowledge i have been reading everthing for hours already and it is beautiful seeing everyone's support and stories and accountability,

i still have this fog of gloom over my eyes my brain, dizzy dizzy foggy foggy and the whole world still feels strange

thank you all and everytim ei see this emoji i feel better

sending to all

and i wonder how soon someone replies to this

Welcome qzqzqz .

I think that you should be really proud of yourself for not drinking for two weeks.

Please keep on posting here; nobody will judge you but we will all do our best to support you and offer you suggestions.

Thanks for sharing! We are a pretty good ear!

thank you for the welcomes

is numbness in one leg common?

my left leg has been very numb for two weeks
and foot pain and cannot sleep without having pressure on it

both my left leg and left arm are more numb than right side of my body
feel very off balance

Hey qz, welcome.


Usually, neuropathy seems to be on both sides; only feet, only hands, both, right up to the whole body and face. It takes many forms, and it's quite possible it could only affect one side. However I'm not a doc so it is best to check with those who could know. It could be a blocked nerve in your spine, or it could be, indeed, peripheral neuropathy. Most of us here have quite different symptoms, but we're all quite sure we suffer from PN.



In any case, with a problem like this it is best to say goodbye to alcohol. As you may have read here, it's not easy, but it is certainly doable. 2 weeks is a fantastic start, and I would say if you can do that, you can do 2 years, 2 decades, or lifetimes. (well, you only have one of those of course but you know what I mean. )


Important note: drinking temporarily numbs the pain, so when you stop it is quite possible it feels even worse for a while. That is very confusing, but you have to keep in mind that goes away.



Good luck, keep writing.

2500 days & hanging in there!



Two months (55 days) to 7 years.


20°C and 14 hours of full sun today to celebrate.

Dear Members!

I had more or less a 10 years long relationship with alcohol up and down with some pauses and some binge drinking periods in the end. The past 3 years being the worst, especially since COVID started. I had a tough life and looked for some relief in drinking, which I learned was the worst choice of my life. I spent almost half a year of a hellish nightmare as a result in what seems to be alcoholic neuropathy.

I had the following symptoms:
- Weakness in the feet (I had difficulties walking sometimes)
- Pain in the hands
- Numbness in my hands and feet
- Small electric shocks in random parts of my body, especially fingers, toes
- Failing motor functions in my right hand
- Tingling in my fingers and toes
- Spasms, cramps, especially in the night or in the morning
- Insomnia (I slept less than 1 hour a day for almost a month)
- Numbness in the nights which woke me up once finally asleep
- Complete sexual disfunction
- Shaking hands (I could not even write or had difficulties typing on the phone or computer)
- False sensation of temperature in the hands and feet, legs and arm. (that was for me the worst of all, cold legs and feet.)
- Pain in my back
- A false feeling of being bitten by stinging nettle on my extremities or my back (I still have this ocassionally, if I eat too much sugar or stress out)
- short term memory loss
- concentration problems
- depression and anxiety
- cold needles on ramdom part of my body, especially extremities
- false feeling of waterdrops anywhere (really crazy)

I did not have all the symptoms together, but usually 2-3 of them. I stopped drinking in December 2021 and since then every week was a little better than the previous one. I have now 5-6 good days in a week. In January my best day was like my worst now. I have days now without any symptoms or very mild ones. The doctor said after the ENG/EMG measurement that in 6 months I could be completely cured.

I started taking vitamins, doing daily excercise and eating a balanced diet right after quitting alcohol. That means from one day to another without any help. I was so afraid of this sickness, that there was no question that I have to quit drinking right away.

Now I take Benfotiamine (I am doing my first month on this. I live in Hungary, healthcare is for free, but it is very slow) in the mornings and complete it with B1, B6, B9, B12, Folat. I take some Vitamin which is called Milgamma N, but already cut down on the Vitamin intake, only go back to the old dosage on my bad days, which are less common nowadays, thanks God.

If you are interested in more details. Please ask. I would gladly answer.

I lived in Hungary some time ago. My friend (real name Peter), spoke to me in English (my only language), a mutual friend in Russian, all the time while talking to Hungarians in their language.


Please contact me if you think I can help you.


Best wishes.

Thanks. I think I am on the right track now. I started doing exercise since day1 of not drinking; Now I do biking 200kms a week, ocassinaly swim and try to walk if possible anywhere. I feel better and better. Actually I wanted to help others telling them that there is light at the end of the tunnel. This terrible state can be improved and also cured. I was really desperate, almost suicidal a few months ago.