what does a detox feel like / what is craving like?

[clouddog]

I'd like your best description.

the feeling i have is kind of like anxiety and jumpiness in one and it's in my stomach and kind of whole upper body slightly as well

i wonder if it's alcohol craving?  I have it after drinking or recently after drinking more often than without but i do have it without as well.

a lot of the time it's so bad and sudden that i can't sit still and have to jump up and walk around for a second.

i think about alcohol when it happens because i'm curious if it is a mild craving ?

[Nighthawk61]

OOPS Anxiety is a Disorder.........

[Nighthawk61]

It could be a case of What came first, the chicken or the egg. You say you think about alcohol when you feel anxious or jumpy. Many alcoholics become alcoholic by self medicating for un diagnosed mental illness' like anxiety. It sounds like it could be either or both.

[gyspy09]

When I detoxed I did it by myself.  It was horrible..  I was conplemtly pale sick to my stomach dizzy couldn't eat just felt like I was ganna die which I'm lucky bc u can die from alcohol withdrawal.  As for craving I can taste alcohol I swear or it is always on My mind I've been a serious drinker for 14 n am currently n court bc I got into some trouble while drinking n now I got a bracelet that tells them if I'm drinking it's very hard to control