Alcohol Withdrawl

tharedhead · Aug 4, 2011

Amy Winehouse and the Perils of Alcohol Withdrawal - NYTimes.com

â€œI hope the message that can come from this is how dangerous unsupervised alcohol withdrawal can be,'' said Dr. Harry Haroutunian, physician director of the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, Calif. â€œAbout half the people who come off steady and regular alcohol use will have some manifestation of the syndrome. People should seek medical advice.''
Why is alcohol withdrawal so dangerous? In regular and heavy drinkers, the body compensates for the depressive effect of alcohol by ramping up production of a number of hormones and brain chemicals, like serotonin, epinephrine and dopamine. When a person suddenly stops drinking alcohol, the body becomes flooded with abnormally high levels of those chemicals.
â€œAlcohol chronically consumed in high quantities is like pressing down on a coiled spring,'' said Dr. Haroutunian. â€œWhen you abruptly stop drinking, you release that force and the spring goes â€˜Pow!' There is this massive unopposed excitatory chemical release which affects all areas of the body.â€
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